Hospital opioid treatment study tests best way to help patients
NCT ID NCT04921787
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at two different approaches to help community hospitals start treating opioid use disorder in patients. One approach is basic training and education, while the other adds extra support like practice facilitation. The goal is to see which method works better at getting patients to continue treatment after they leave the hospital.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Training and education vs. practice facilitation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show how to effectively implement opioid treatment programs in community hospitals, increasing access to care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage implementation study with only 24 hospitals, so results may not apply broadly. It tests strategies, not a direct treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Be a community hospital deemed by the lead investigators to be in the region of a site/hub. Region will usually be defined as state unless a compelling case can be made as to geographic feasibility of implementing the intervention and access to relevant Medicaid data. 2. Be willing to identify a site champion to promote and adopt change that can address OUD in hospitalized patients. 3. Have hospital personnel who state that their institution is interested in and would be willing to work to implement MOUD prior to hospital discharge. 4. Commit to having buprenorphine-waivered prescribers willing and able to write prescriptions to bridge discharged patients to post-discharge OUD treatment, or available direct entry into outpatient MOUD with methadone or buprenorphine. 5. Have hospital staff who express willingness to engage with a site/hub team for training and for data collection. 6. Be willing to be randomized to low-intensity or high-intensity implementation support. 7. Provide inpatient general medical care. 8. Have sufficient numbers of Medicaid OUD discharges (any listed diagnosis; sufficient is defined as at least enough such that when added to the other hospitals in the region there are on average 100 discharges per year). Medicaid data must capture at least 3 discharge diagnoses, outpatient MOUD, and be available within no more than 12 months of discharge. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Have an ACS routinely prescribing MOUD at discharge. 2. Have an existing, functioning HBOT program or be imminently starting an HBOT initiative, as confirmed by the investigator team. 3. Be a Veterans Affairs hospital.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, 02119, United States
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Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404, United States
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New York University
New York, New York, 10016, United States
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Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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