Clinical trial NCT01934751: Effectiveness of a Hospital Addiction Service in Treating Opioid and Alcohol Addiction
Official title: Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Immediate Versus Delayed Access to Hospital-based Addiction Services
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Alcohol Addiction
Opiate Addiction
Lead sponsor: Women's College Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Unity Health Toronto
name: University Health Network, Toronto
First posted: 2013-09-04
Enrollment: 124
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Hypothesis: Patients who are addicted to opioids or alcohol will have reduced substance use, health care utilization if they have immediate and convenient access to pharmacotherapy and addiction counselling.

Summary: This randomized trial will compare two different interventions for 124 alcohol and opioid-addicted patients admitted to either Women's Own Detox (WOD) at the University Health Network or the Withdrawal Management Service (WMS) at Saint Michael's Hospital (SMH. The Delayed Intervention group will receive a card with contact information for the St. Michael's Hospital and Women's College Hospital addiction medicine services. The Rapid Intervention group will be seen by an addiction physician from one of these services, within a day or two of their admission to the WOD or the SMH WMS. The addiction physician will prescribe buprenorphine or anti-alcohol medications, and the physician, nurse and/or therapist will provide ongoing counseling, follow-up and shared care with the family physician. Outcomes (measured at 6 and 12 months) include treatment retention, health care utilization and cost, medications prescribed, and alcohol and opioid use.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* a possible alcohol use disorder, as determined by a score of 8 or above on the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test); or, a possible opioid use disorder, as determined by positive responses on the eligibility form: within the past 30 days, opioid use has been a problem, and at least one harmful consequence of opioid use has been present, eg withdrawal symptoms, or problems with family, friends, work, money etc. If the addiction physician who assesses the patient at the first visit to the addiction service concludes that these screening tests were falsely positive and the patient does not have an alcohol or opioid use disorder, the physician will contact the RA to discharge the patient from the study.
* Interested in receiving treatment at an addiction medicine service.
* is alert and able to provide informed consent (ie is not confused, agitated, hostile, intoxicated, sedated or in severe withdrawal)
* Has attended a hospital Emergency Department or has been admitted to hospital in Ontario within the past year.
* Can speak and read English.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant
* Currently receiving methadone or buprenorphine treatment
* Cognitively impaired
* Unable to speak or read English

Primary outcomes:
measure: Treatment retention
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Healthcare utilization and cost
timeFrame: 36 months
measure: Prescriptions
timeFrame: 36 months
measure: Substance use
timeFrame: 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Toronto
country: Canada
facility: Women's College Hospital
state: Ontario
Study officials:
affiliation: Women's College Hospital
name: Meldon Kahan, MDCCFP FRCPC
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: St. Joseph's Health Centre Toronto
name: Anita Srivastava, MD MSc CCFP
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Unity Health Toronto
name: Rajesh Gupta, MD MEd FRCPC
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University Health Network, Toronto
name: Leslie Buckley, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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