New study tests better ways to start opioid treatment for fentanyl users
NCT ID NCT07469501
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests two methods for starting buprenorphine treatment in adults with opioid use disorder who use fentanyl. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a low-dose start or a direct injection approach. The goal is to see which method helps people stay in treatment longer and feel more satisfied, while tracking withdrawal and cravings over 90 days.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
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.
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18 years and older
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years of age at Visit 1. * Documentation of an OUD diagnosis as evidenced by meeting two or more of the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition) Criteria for Opioid Use Disorder * Self-reported daily use of fentanyl ≥ 5 out of the past 7 days at baseline, * Fentanyl-positive urine drug screening at baseline, * Interest in stopping or reducing fentanyl use, * Publicly insured through San Francisco Medicaid or Medicare and therefore able receive buprenorphine prescription dispensing through Community Behavioral Health Services (CBHS) Pharmacy Exclusion Criteria: * Currently nursing, pregnant, or anticipating pregnancy in the next 6 months * Methadone-positive urine drug screening at baseline * Buprenorphine-positive urine drug screening at baseline * Be unable to provide any locator or contact information at least one contact in addition to themselves * Any pending legal action that could prevent participation in study activities * Presence of a condition or abnormality that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the data (e.g., acute psychosis), or cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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San Francisco Outpatient Buprenorphine Induction Clinic
San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
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