Hospital care model aims to treat opioid addiction and serious infections together
NCT ID NCT04180020
First seen Jul 14, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a care model where hospitalized adults with opioid use disorder and a serious infection receive long-acting injectable buprenorphine from their infectious disease doctors, alongside infection treatment. The goal is to keep patients on effective medication for opioid use disorder after discharge. Participants are randomly assigned to this new model or to standard care, and researchers track whether they stay on treatment at 12 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- long-acting injectable buprenorphine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this model could improve treatment retention for people with opioid use disorder and serious infections, reducing relapse and complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small study testing a care model, not a new drug. Results may not apply broadly, and the intervention depends on hospital resources and patient willingness.
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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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171 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2020
- Finished
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Apr 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults able to provide written informed consent in English or Spanish; * Current hospitalization with a suspected or known bacterial or viral (HIV/HCV/HBV) infection including but not limited to bacteremia, Candidal fungemia, osteomyelitis, endophthalmitis, septic thrombophlebitis, infected pseudoaneurysm, endocarditis, skin/soft tissue infection (SSTI), or septic arthritis; * Current moderate-to-severe OUD (DSM-5); * Willing to accept assignment to either ID/LAB or TAU, and to participate in research follow-up visits. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe medical or psychiatric disability making participation unsafe (e.g. imminent suicide risk); * Pregnancy, planning conception, or breast-feeding for female participants; * Allergy, hypersensitivity or medical contraindication to buprenorphine; * Moderate-severe liver impairment in the judgment of the study investigator; * Preexisting enrollment on methadone or buprenorphine (SL-B) maintenance AND intending to remain on methadone or buprenorphine maintenance upon discharge (patients already under effective treatment for OUD do not represent the target population of untreated OUD patients entering hospitals, nor would we want to disrupt established effective treatment). * Inability or unwillingness of subject to give informed consent.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States
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Prisma Health
Greenville, South Carolina, 29650, United States
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Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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