New study aims to keep opioid patients on recovery track after ER visit
NCT ID NCT07024498
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests new ways to help people with opioid use disorder continue their buprenorphine medication after starting it in the emergency department. About 3,500 adults will take part. The goal is to see if better coordination between the ER and outpatient clinics helps patients stay on treatment longer.
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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 3,492 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
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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14 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: * patients who start buprenorphine for opioid use disorder at a participating ED
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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El Centro Regional Medical Center Emergency Department
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGEl Centro, California, 92243, United States
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Marshall Medical Center Emergency Department
RECRUITINGPlacerville, California, 95667, United States
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University of California Davis Emergency Department
RECRUITINGSacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of California Irvine Emergency Department
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGIrvine, California, 92868, United States
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