Mindfulness may boost opioid treatment success
NCT ID NCT05042388
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether adding mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) to standard care helps people with opioid use disorder stay on their medication (extended-release naltrexone) and avoid drug use after leaving a residential treatment program. About 105 participants were randomly assigned to either MBRP or usual treatment and followed for three months after discharge. The goal was to see if MBRP improves medication adherence and reduces opioid relapse and craving.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) behavioral therapy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a practical way to help people with opioid use disorder stay on their medication and reduce the chance of relapse after leaving residential treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study (105 participants) testing a behavioral program, not a new drug. Results may not apply to everyone, and the benefits may be modest or hard to maintain long-term.
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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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105 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Finished
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Aug 2024
- 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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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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. An informed consent document voluntarily signed and dated by the subject. 2. Subject must understand and be able to read and write in English. 3. Enrollment in residential treatment at study site. 4. Physically healthy males and females, aged 18 or older, who meet criteria for opioid use disorder (based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th Edition criteria) as their primary diagnosis, who are enrolled in residential treatment at the collaborating study site. 5. Subject must be willing to be randomized to treatment condition. 6. Subjects who are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits and other study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Meets current or lifetime DSM-V criteria for schizophrenia or any psychotic disorder or organic mental disorder, including dementia-related psychosis as determined by the semi-structured interview. 2. Presence of any other psychiatric disorder that in the opinion of the PI will interfere with completion of the study or place the patient at heightened risk through participation in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gaudenzia, Inc. (West Chester House)
West Chester, Pennsylvania, 19382, United States
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