Study tests if flexible methadone pickups keep patients in treatment
NCT ID NCT05675735
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether helping clinics offer more take-home doses of methadone (instead of daily visits) helps people stay in treatment for opioid use disorder. Researchers will work with 36 clinics and about 318 patients to see if this approach reduces emergency visits and hospital stays. The goal is to improve long-term disease control by making treatment more convenient.
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Study facts
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- 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 318 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Clinic staff inclusion will include anyone who works at the 10 clinics that the OASAS client data system generates from the quantitative analysis in year one. In years 2-5, clinics chosen by the OASAS client data system will be placed into six cohorts. Only staff from these clinics will be eligible. * Patient inclusion will include anyone aged 18 or older who has been receiving take-home methadone for at least 30 days. Exclusion Criteria • There are no exclusion criteria related to sex/gender to increase the generalizability of the findings. The investigators will note include children in this study because the treatment system that we are examining largely excludes adolescents and younger children.
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Conditions
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NYU Langone Health
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10016, United States
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University at Buffalo
RECRUITINGBuffalo, New York, 14260, United States
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University of Connecticut
RECRUITINGStorrs, Connecticut, 06268, United States
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Weill Cornell Medical College
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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