Clinical Trial: Effect Study of Optimized Intervention to Heroin Addicts

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Barriers and Effect of Optimizing Intervention Protocols for Heroin Dependence in Community-based Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT): a Cohort Study

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to explore barriers and determine whether optimizing protocol is effective in the treatment of heroin dependence in community-based MMT clinics.

Detailed Summary: Drug dependence is one of the most serious public health problems worldwide. In China, among more than 100, 0000 registered drug addicts mostly are heroin dependence. Drug dependence post great risks to physical condition, their family and society, and can lead to infectious disease transmission. Though almost 500 MMT clinics which can offer MMT service to heroin addicts have been set up, there are still some problems, for example, poor compliance, high rate of dropping out and relapse which affect the service delivery to them. The guideline developed by WHO focused on psychotherapy to opiate addicts with MMT. So delivery of a set of comprehensive, integrated psychotherapy to opiate addicts is very critical in such methadone clinics.
Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center

Current Primary Outcome: treatment retention [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

retaining patients in the methadone maintenance treatment during and after the study.


Original Primary Outcome: treatment retention [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

Current Secondary Outcome: in-treatment performance. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

treatment performance of addicts include: treatment sessions during the study, negative urine specimens, drop-out rate, severity of ASI,scores of HIV-related high risk sexual behavior, the temperature and character inventory, perceived stigma scale, self-esteem inventory,self efficacy, social support scores,drug use from self-report from baseline to 3 month and 6 month.


Original Secondary Outcome: in-treatment performance. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

Information By: Shanghai Mental Health Center

Dates:
Date Received: June 11, 2010
Date Started: April 2010
Date Completion: June 2011
Last Updated: March 10, 2011
Last Verified: March 2011