Initialization of Methadone in Primary Care, Randomized Intervention Research for Preventing HCV Transmission Practices - Full Text View

Sponsor:	French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
Information provided by:	French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00657397

Purpose

The rapid scale up of opioid substitution treatment (OST) for drug users mainly achieved through the possibility of prescribing buprenorphine in primary care has been successful in reducing HIV prevalence among drug users but still inadequate for reducing the spread of HCV. To date, methadone in France can only be initialised in drug centres but GPs can prescribe methadone after stabilisation of dosages.

This study was born as an answer to a request from the French Minister of Health that supports the initialisation of methadone in primary care in order to improve coverage by OST (now 70%) in Intravenous drug users.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Hepatitis C Substance Dependence Methadone	Drug: Methadone	Phase III

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title:	Initialization of Methadone in Primary Care; a Randomized Intervention Research for Preventing HCV Transmission Practices. ANRS Methaville

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Hepatitis Hepatitis A Hepatitis C

Drug Information available for: Methadone Methadone hydrochloride

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis:

Primary Outcome Measures:

prevalence of daily injectors after one year of treatment will be compared between arms. [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

- prevalence of other addictive behaviours [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
adherence to treatment [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
improvement in quality of life, psychiatric comorbidities, social insertion, reduction in criminal acts [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
cost-effectiveness [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
surveillance of severe adverse events and overdose cases in each arm [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment:	300
Study Start Date:	September 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2010
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	September 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Experimental: A Methadone prescribed by general physician	Drug: Methadone
Active Comparator: B Methadone prescribed in centres for the treatment of drugs dependence (CSST)	Drug: Methadone

Detailed Description:

The rapid scale up of opioid substitution treatment (OST) for drug users mainly achieved through the possibility of prescribing buprenorphine in primary care has been successful in reducing HIV prevalence among drug users but still inadequate for reducing the spread of HCV. To date, methadone in France can only be initialised in drug centres but GPs can prescribe methadone after stabilisation of dosages.

This study was born as an answer to a request from the French Minister of Health that supports the initialisation of methadone in primary care in order to improve coverage by OST (now 70%) in Intravenous drug users.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 70 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

18 to 70 years patients needing methadone for their opioid dependence who are either naives of methadone treatment (prescribed) since at least 1 month
need to switch from buprenorphine to methadone treatment
negative test for pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

co-dependent on alcohol and benzodiazepines,
inmates,
pregnant women,
individual in irregular situation or who cannot be joined by phone.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00657397

Locations

France
CSST Le trait d'union	Not yet recruiting
Boulogne, France, 92100
Contact: Alain Morel, MD a.morel@trait-union.org
Principal Investigator: Alain Morel, MD

Sponsors and Collaborators

French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Alain Morel, MD	CSST Le trait d'union, 154 rue du vieux pont de Sèvres, 92100 Boulogne, France
Study Director:	Patrizia Carrieri, PHD	ORS PACA - INSERM-IRD UMR912, 23, rue Stanislas Torrents, 13006 Marseille

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Christelle Paul regulatory affairs, ANRS
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00657397 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	ANRS Methaville
Study First Received:	April 8, 2008
Last Updated:	June 18, 2008
Health Authority:	France: Direction Générale de la Santé

Keywords provided by French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis:

Methadone
Substance Dependence

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
Substance-Related Disorders
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Flaviviridae Infections
Mental Disorders

Methadone
Analgesics, Opioid
Analgesics
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions
Central Nervous System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Central Nervous System Depressants
Antitussive Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Narcotics

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