XOR: Extended-Release Naltrexone Opioid Treatment at Jail Re-Entry

Sponsor
NYU Langone Health (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01999946
Collaborator
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (NIH), Friends Research Institute, Inc. (Other), University of California, Los Angeles (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) vs. enhanced treatment-as-usual (TAU) among opioid dependent adults leaving NYC jails. In parallel, we propose to recruit a matched, quasi-experimental methadone cohort, which will result in a naturalistic comparison of XR-NTX vs. an established jail-based methadone treatment program standard-of-care. Our primary aim is to compare time-to-relapse among participants treated with XR-NTX vs. randomized TAU controls and time-to-relapse among XR-NTX arm vs. jail-based MTP participants, following release from jail. Secondary aims will compare related opioid treatment outcomes post-release across all arms.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Drug: Extended-Release Naltrexone
Phase 4

Detailed Description

This study is a randomized control trial of XR-NTX (n=85) vs. enhanced TAU (n=85) among opioid dependent adults leaving NYC jails who explicitly reject agonist treatment. Initiating treatment the week prior to release and continuing for 24 weeks post-release, we hypothesize the XR-NTX arm will demonstrate significantly longer time-to-relapse vs. TAU. In parallel, we propose to recruit a matched, quasi-experimental methadone cohort (n=85), which will result in a naturalistic comparison of XR-NTX vs. an established jail-based MTP standard-of-care.

Rationale: Immediate relapse to drug, alcohol, and tobacco use is a nearly universal and expected near-term outcome among adults with addiction disorders leaving U.S. jails. Yet while opioid agonist therapies are proven and effective re-entry interventions, many US correctional facilities, including almost all large U.S. municipal jails, do not offer these treatments. However, in New York City (NYC), jail-to-community methadone treatment is, since 1986, a well-studied standard-of-care, yet many inmates eligible to initiate the methadone treatment program (MTP) while incarcerated do not, possibly due to anti-methadone patient preferences. Rather, the vast majority of these jail detainees undergo a brief 6-day methadone taper following arrest, remain in jail for brief periods out-of-treatment while 'drug free' and undergoing a decline in physiologic opioid tolerance, nearly universally relapse to heroin or other illicit opioid use following release, and are re-arrested in the next 12 months at rates of 50-75%. Extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX, Vivitrol), now FDA-approved for opioid dependence, produces a 30-day mu opioid receptor antagonist blockade, and offers an potentially promising modality for 'inoculating' persons leaving jails against immediate opioid relapse. Persons injected with 380mg of XR-NTX are unable to effectively experience euphoria or respiratory depression when returning to average doses of illicit opioids for the ensuing 4-5 weeks. An injection prior to release would possibly give the individual a month or so to return home from jail, experience opioid abstinence, and then either continue XR-NTX, initiate agonist or behavioral treatments, or, resume a significantly postponed relapse to illicit use. Our team recently established the feasibility of administering XR-NTX to opioid dependent adults within a week of release in NYC jails. We now propose to conduct a large, definitive randomized controlled trial estimating the effectiveness of XR-NTX as opioid treatment at release from jail vs. a counseling- and referral-enhanced treatment-as-usual (TAU) condition. We also propose to recruit a non-randomized, quasi-experimental cohort of participants in a jail-based methadone maintenance program (MTP), allowing an additional comparison of XR-NTX to a methadone standard-of-care.

Specific Aim 1: Randomized Effectiveness Trial of XR-NTX vs. TAU for Jail-to-Community Re-Entry Opioid Relapse Prevention. Our primary aim is to compare time-to-relapse among participants treated with XR-NTX vs. randomized TAU controls, following release from jail.

Specific Aim 2: Quasi-Experimental Comparison of XR-NTX vs. a Methadone Treatment Program for Re-Entry Opioid Relapse Prevention. To compare time-to-relapse among the XR-NTX RCT arm vs. jail-based MTP participants using a quasi-experimental design.

Specific Aim 3a-e: Related Opioid Treatment Outcomes. To compare re-entry rates of 5 treatment outcomes across all arms: 3a) community treatment initiation and retention, 3b) any opioid and other illicit drug or alcohol use, defined as continuous counts of both days, amount/day, and urine toxicologies, 3c) injection drug use and HIV sexual risk factors, 3d) accidental drug overdose and mortality, and, 3e) rates of re-incarceration and an exploratory analysis of cost-effectiveness.

Implications: While there is growing interest in the newly approve use of XR-NTX for opioid treatment, its effectiveness has not been evaluated in any correctional facilities, including large municipal jails, vs. usual care, nor in the context of standard-of-care methadone treatment. This study will allow providers, correctional and public health authorities, including our collaborators at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and payers and policy makers to assess the utility of XR-NTX as re-entry opioid treatment, with important implications for limiting the great public safety and societal costs of heroin and prescription opioid addictions. Further, NYC jail inmates are predominantly African American and Hispanic, and represent communities disproportionately affected by unemployment, family poverty, HIV and hepatitis C, all downstream effects of opioid dependence. As the majority of opioid addicted persons leave jail return to their neighborhoods untreated and prone to rapid relapse, we hypothesize adding XR-NTX to the re-entry 'toolbox' will save both money and lives in these under-served communities.

This study is part of the NIDA "Studies of Medication for Addiction Treatment in Correctional Settings (SOMATICS)" U01 Collaborative. Our distinct NIH-funded study at NYU has been aligned with two other jail-based opioid treatment studies conducted by researchers at Friends Research Institute (FRI) in Baltimore, MD, and at UCLA. SOMATICS seeks to harmonize assessments and interventions across the three research centers (RCs) and the three independent studies in order to leverage power, sample size, and increase the generalizability of findings. Each of the RCs in the SOMATICS cooperative will conduct their own individual trial, sharing one study arm with another RC, and several core assessments across all sites. The SOMATICS collaborative will have a common Statistical Analysis Plan and DSMP including a single DSMB. The collaborative primary and secondary outcomes across all sites are listed below:

Collaborative Primary Outcome Measures:
  1. DSM-5 Opioid Use Disorder Diagnosis during the 30 days prior to the 6 months post-release follow-up assessment: Measured by: DSM-5 checklist via a modified CIDI-2 Substance Abuse Module.
Collaborative Secondary Outcome Measures:
  1. Illicit Opioid use: measured by urine drug testing results at 6 months post-release

  2. Number of days incarcerated: Measured by self-report during the 6 months post-release.

  3. HIV risk behavior: Measured by self-report (Drug Risk Assessment Battery [RAB] Needle Use score) at the 6-month post-release follow-up assessment.

  4. Number of days of Opioids, Cocaine, Alcohol, Benzodiazepines, and/or IV Drug Use: Measured by Time Line Follow Back at 6 months post-release follow-up (TLFB; NYU, UCLA) and ASI (FRI).

  5. Non-opioid drug use (Cocaine, Amphetamines, and Benzodiazepines): measured by urine drug testing at 6 months post-release

  6. Number of days in any drug abuse treatment: Measured by self-report at 6 months post-release.

  7. Number of arrests: Measured by self-report data collected at 6 months post-release.

  8. Craving scores (for NYU and UCLA sites only): Measured by self-report craving scale at 6 months post-release.

  9. Non-lethal overdose (Yes/No): Measured by self-report during the 6 months post-release.

  10. Lethal overdose (Yes/No): Measured by public records data reviewed at 6 months post-release.

  11. WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) score: Measured by self-report at 6 months post-release.

  12. Analyses of above same secondary outcomes at 12 months follow-up.

  13. Analyses of above same secondary outcomes at 24 months follow-up.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
217 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
Extended-Release Naltrexone Opioid Treatment at Jail Re-Entry
Actual Study Start Date :
Jun 27, 2014
Actual Primary Completion Date :
May 28, 2019
Actual Study Completion Date :
Dec 24, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX)

Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection.

Drug: Extended-Release Naltrexone
Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection.
Other Names:
  • Vivitrol
  • XR-NTX
  • No Intervention: Enhanced Treatment As Usual (ETAU)

    Enhanced Treatment As Usual arm will not receive any study medication, but will receive enhancement counseling centered on post-release treatment involvement and a patient-drug educational handout with direct referrals to re-entry community treatment, including agonist maintenance (methadone and buprenorphine programs), drug-free outpatient and 12-step resources, and residential treatment including supportive housing programs will be provided. These counseling and referral efforts are designed to exceed standard, out-of-treatment experiences, and will ensure both arms are offered tangible health benefits above and beyond that of the usual jail incarceration period in accordance with DHS prisoner research standards.

    No Intervention: Methadone Treatment Program (MTP)

    Quasi-Experimental cohort, will be participants recruited from NYC Rikers Island jail's Key Extended Entry Program (KEEP)'s jail methadone maintenance program, they will not receive any intervention from study, but will receive enhancement counseling centered on post-release treatment involvement and a patient-drug educational handout with direct referrals to re-entry community treatment.These counseling and referral efforts are designed to exceed standard, out-of-treatment experiences, and will ensure both arms are offered tangible health benefits above and beyond that of the usual jail incarceration period in accordance with DHS prisoner research standards. MTP participants are new KEEP methadone participants not enrolled in community methadone at the time of arrest.

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Time-to-Relapse: XRNTX vs. ETAU Following Release From Jail [up to 24 weeks]

      Our primary aim is to compare time-to-relapse among participants treated with XR-NTX vs. randomized ETAU following release from jail measured up to 24 weeks by Urine Toxicology results and self-report on the TLFB.

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Time-to-relapse: XR-NTX vs. Methadone (MTP) Cohort Following Release From Jail [up to 24 weeks]

      Our secondary aim is to measure time-to-relapse among XR-NTX vs. the non-randomized observational Methadone (MTP) cohort up to 24 weeks following release from jail and measured by Urine Toxicology results and self-report on the TLFB.

    2. Community Treatment Retention/Initiation Post-release [up to 24 weeks]

      Community treatment retention/initiation across all arms post-release using the Economic Form 90.

    3. Any Drug or Alcohol Misuse [up to 24 weeks]

      Any opioid, alcohol, or other illicit drug misuse, defined as continuous counts of both days, amount/day, and urine toxicologies for heroin or other illicit opioid and other drug use across all arms up to 24 weeks post-release and measured by Urine Toxicology Results and the TLFB.

    4. Injection Drug Use and HIV Sexual Risk Factors [up to 24 weeks]

      Injection drug use and HIV sexual risk factors will be assessed across all arms measured post-release from jail and measured using the Risk Assessment Battery.

    5. Accidental Drug Overdose and Mortality [up to 28 weeks]

      Accidental drug overdose and mortality across all arms assessed at each follow-up study visit up to 28 weeks post-release from jail measured by self report on the Opioid-Overdose AE/SAE form.

    6. Re-incarceration and Exploratory Cost-effectiveness [up to 24 weeks]

      Re-incarceration and exploratory cost-effectiveness will be assessed across all arms up to 24 weeks post-release and measured using self-report on the Arrests and Days Incarcerated form and information received from the NYC DOC Inmate Locator online. Cost-effectiveness will be assessed across all arms and measured by the Economic Form 90.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years to 99 Years
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No

    Due to the nature of this study, which includes both randomized arms (XR-NTX and enhanced TAU) as well as a non-randomized observational arm (methadone treatment group, MTP) there are separate Inclusion/Exclusion criteria for those randomized vs. Non-Randomized, detailed below.

    Randomized Arms (XR-NTX, ETAU)

    Inclusion Criteria:
    1. Adults >18yo incarcerated in NYC jails with known release dates.

    2. DSM-V criteria for current opioid use disorder (DSM-IV opioid dependence).

    3. Not currently in or planning to pursue agonist (methadone, buprenorphine) treatment at release.

    4. Currently opioid free by history ('detoxed') and with a negative urine for all opioids.

    5. General good health as determined by medical evaluation.

    Exclusion Criteria:
    1. Pregnancy, lactation, or planning conception.

    2. Active medical illness (i.e., severe liver disease, congestive heart failure) precluding safe participation.

    3. Untreated or poorly controlled psychiatric disorder precluding safe participation.

    4. History of allergic reaction to naltrexone.

    5. Current chronic pain condition treated with opioids.

    Non-Randomized Arm (MTP) Inclusion Criteria

    1. Adults >18yo incarcerated in NYC jails with known release dates.

    2. DSM-V criteria for current opioid use disorder (DSM-IV opioid dependence).

    3. Currently receiving regular methadone maintenance treatment through KEEP.

    4. General good health as determined by medical evaluation.

    Exclusion Criteria

    1. Pregnancy, lactation, or planning conception.

    2. Active medical illness (i.e., severe liver disease, congestive heart failure) precluding safe participation.

    3. Untreated or poorly controlled psychiatric disorder precluding safe participation.

    4. In community methadone treatment program at the time of most recent arrest.

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Bellevue Hospital Center New York New York United States 10016
    2 NYC Department of Corrections: Rikers Island Jail Facilities New York New York United States 11370

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • NYU Langone Health
    • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
    • Friends Research Institute, Inc.
    • University of California, Los Angeles

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Joshua D Lee, MD MS, NYU MEDICAL CENTER

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    NYU Langone Health
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01999946
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 12-03724
    • 1U01DA033336-01A1
    First Posted:
    Dec 3, 2013
    Last Update Posted:
    Jun 25, 2021
    Last Verified:
    Jun 1, 2021
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    No
    Plan to Share IPD:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.:
    No
    Keywords provided by NYU Langone Health
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    Participant Flow

    Recruitment Details
    Pre-assignment Detail
    Arm/Group Title Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX) Enhanced Treatment As Usual (ETAU) Methadone Treatment Program (MTP)
    Arm/Group Description Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection. Extended-Release Naltrexone: Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection. Enhanced Treatment As Usual arm will not receive any study medication, but will receive enhancement counseling centered on post-release treatment involvement and a patient-drug educational handout with direct referrals to re-entry community treatment, including agonist maintenance (methadone and buprenorphine programs), drug-free outpatient and 12-step resources, and residential treatment including supportive housing programs will be provided. These counseling and referral efforts are designed to exceed standard, out-of-treatment experiences, and will ensure both arms are offered tangible health benefits above and beyond that of the usual jail incarceration period in accordance with DHS prisoner research standards. Quasi-Experimental cohort, will be participants recruited from NYC Rikers Island jail's Key Extended Entry Program (KEEP)'s jail methadone maintenance program, they will not receive any intervention from study, but will receive enhancement counseling centered on post-release treatment involvement and a patient-drug educational handout with direct referrals to re-entry community treatment.These counseling and referral efforts are designed to exceed standard, out-of-treatment experiences, and will ensure both arms are offered tangible health benefits above and beyond that of the usual jail incarceration period in accordance with DHS prisoner research standards. MTP participants are new KEEP methadone participants not enrolled in community methadone at the time of arrest.
    Period Title: Overall Study
    STARTED 61 58 79
    COMPLETED 59 56 0
    NOT COMPLETED 2 2 79

    Baseline Characteristics

    Arm/Group Title Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX) Enhanced Treatment As Usual (ETAU) Methadone Treatment Program (MTP) Total
    Arm/Group Description Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection. Extended-Release Naltrexone: Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection. Enhanced Treatment As Usual arm will not receive any study medication, but will receive enhancement counseling centered on post-release treatment involvement and a patient-drug educational handout with direct referrals to re-entry community treatment, including agonist maintenance (methadone and buprenorphine programs), drug-free outpatient and 12-step resources, and residential treatment including supportive housing programs will be provided. These counseling and referral efforts are designed to exceed standard, out-of-treatment experiences, and will ensure both arms are offered tangible health benefits above and beyond that of the usual jail incarceration period in accordance with DHS prisoner research standards. Quasi-Experimental cohort, will be participants recruited from NYC Rikers Island jail's Key Extended Entry Program (KEEP)'s jail methadone maintenance program, they will not receive any intervention from study, but will receive enhancement counseling centered on post-release treatment involvement and a patient-drug educational handout with direct referrals to re-entry community treatment.These counseling and referral efforts are designed to exceed standard, out-of-treatment experiences, and will ensure both arms are offered tangible health benefits above and beyond that of the usual jail incarceration period in accordance with DHS prisoner research standards. MTP participants are new KEEP methadone participants not enrolled in community methadone at the time of arrest. Total of all reporting groups
    Overall Participants 59 56 79 194
    Age (years) [Mean (Standard Deviation) ]
    Mean (Standard Deviation) [years]
    42.9
    (10.9)
    43.7
    (9.8)
    43.7
    (9.7)
    43.5
    (10.1)
    Sex: Female, Male (Count of Participants)
    Female
    7
    11.9%
    6
    10.7%
    19
    24.1%
    32
    16.5%
    Male
    52
    88.1%
    50
    89.3%
    60
    75.9%
    162
    83.5%
    Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) (Count of Participants)
    Hispanic or Latino
    25
    42.4%
    22
    39.3%
    35
    44.3%
    82
    42.3%
    Not Hispanic or Latino
    34
    57.6%
    34
    60.7%
    44
    55.7%
    112
    57.7%
    Unknown or Not Reported
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    Race (NIH/OMB) (Count of Participants)
    American Indian or Alaska Native
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    Asian
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    Black or African American
    29
    49.2%
    30
    53.6%
    34
    43%
    93
    47.9%
    White
    21
    35.6%
    14
    25%
    27
    34.2%
    62
    32%
    More than one race
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    0
    0%
    Unknown or Not Reported
    9
    15.3%
    12
    21.4%
    18
    22.8%
    39
    20.1%
    Region of Enrollment (participants) [Number]
    United States
    59
    100%
    56
    100%
    79
    100%
    194
    100%

    Outcome Measures

    1. Primary Outcome
    Title Time-to-Relapse: XRNTX vs. ETAU Following Release From Jail
    Description Our primary aim is to compare time-to-relapse among participants treated with XR-NTX vs. randomized ETAU following release from jail measured up to 24 weeks by Urine Toxicology results and self-report on the TLFB.
    Time Frame up to 24 weeks

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    MTP is a quasi-experimental cohort, so no data was collected for this arm. The primary outcome is a comparison between XR-NTX vs. ETAU only.
    Arm/Group Title Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX) Enhanced Treatment As Usual (ETAU)
    Arm/Group Description Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection. Extended-Release Naltrexone: Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection. Enhanced Treatment As Usual arm will not receive any study medication, but will receive enhancement counseling centered on post-release treatment involvement and a patient-drug educational handout with direct referrals to re-entry community treatment, including agonist maintenance (methadone and buprenorphine programs), drug-free outpatient and 12-step resources, and residential treatment including supportive housing programs will be provided. These counseling and referral efforts are designed to exceed standard, out-of-treatment experiences, and will ensure both arms are offered tangible health benefits above and beyond that of the usual jail incarceration period in accordance with DHS prisoner research standards.
    Measure Participants 59 56
    Mean (Standard Deviation) [Weeks]
    8.6
    (8.7)
    5.9
    (7.7)
    2. Secondary Outcome
    Title Time-to-relapse: XR-NTX vs. Methadone (MTP) Cohort Following Release From Jail
    Description Our secondary aim is to measure time-to-relapse among XR-NTX vs. the non-randomized observational Methadone (MTP) cohort up to 24 weeks following release from jail and measured by Urine Toxicology results and self-report on the TLFB.
    Time Frame up to 24 weeks

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title
    Arm/Group Description
    3. Secondary Outcome
    Title Community Treatment Retention/Initiation Post-release
    Description Community treatment retention/initiation across all arms post-release using the Economic Form 90.
    Time Frame up to 24 weeks

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title
    Arm/Group Description
    4. Secondary Outcome
    Title Any Drug or Alcohol Misuse
    Description Any opioid, alcohol, or other illicit drug misuse, defined as continuous counts of both days, amount/day, and urine toxicologies for heroin or other illicit opioid and other drug use across all arms up to 24 weeks post-release and measured by Urine Toxicology Results and the TLFB.
    Time Frame up to 24 weeks

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title
    Arm/Group Description
    5. Secondary Outcome
    Title Injection Drug Use and HIV Sexual Risk Factors
    Description Injection drug use and HIV sexual risk factors will be assessed across all arms measured post-release from jail and measured using the Risk Assessment Battery.
    Time Frame up to 24 weeks

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title
    Arm/Group Description
    6. Secondary Outcome
    Title Accidental Drug Overdose and Mortality
    Description Accidental drug overdose and mortality across all arms assessed at each follow-up study visit up to 28 weeks post-release from jail measured by self report on the Opioid-Overdose AE/SAE form.
    Time Frame up to 28 weeks

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title
    Arm/Group Description
    7. Secondary Outcome
    Title Re-incarceration and Exploratory Cost-effectiveness
    Description Re-incarceration and exploratory cost-effectiveness will be assessed across all arms up to 24 weeks post-release and measured using self-report on the Arrests and Days Incarcerated form and information received from the NYC DOC Inmate Locator online. Cost-effectiveness will be assessed across all arms and measured by the Economic Form 90.
    Time Frame up to 24 weeks

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title
    Arm/Group Description

    Adverse Events

    Time Frame Up to 24 weeks
    Adverse Event Reporting Description Adverse events were solicited by questionnaire
    Arm/Group Title Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX) Enhanced Treatment As Usual (ETAU) Methadone Treatment Program (MTP)
    Arm/Group Description Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection. Extended-Release Naltrexone: Extended-Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol®), 380mg administered 1x/month by intramuscular injection. Enhanced Treatment As Usual arm will not receive any study medication, but will receive enhancement counseling centered on post-release treatment involvement and a patient-drug educational handout with direct referrals to re-entry community treatment, including agonist maintenance (methadone and buprenorphine programs), drug-free outpatient and 12-step resources, and residential treatment including supportive housing programs will be provided. These counseling and referral efforts are designed to exceed standard, out-of-treatment experiences, and will ensure both arms are offered tangible health benefits above and beyond that of the usual jail incarceration period in accordance with DHS prisoner research standards. Quasi-Experimental cohort, will be participants recruited from NYC Rikers Island jail's Key Extended Entry Program (KEEP)'s jail methadone maintenance program, they will not receive any intervention from study, but will receive enhancement counseling centered on post-release treatment involvement and a patient-drug educational handout with direct referrals to re-entry community treatment.These counseling and referral efforts are designed to exceed standard, out-of-treatment experiences, and will ensure both arms are offered tangible health benefits above and beyond that of the usual jail incarceration period in accordance with DHS prisoner research standards. MTP participants are new KEEP methadone participants not enrolled in community methadone at the time of arrest.
    All Cause Mortality
    Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX) Enhanced Treatment As Usual (ETAU) Methadone Treatment Program (MTP)
    Affected / at Risk (%) # Events Affected / at Risk (%) # Events Affected / at Risk (%) # Events
    Total 1/59 (1.7%) 2/56 (3.6%) 0/79 (0%)
    Serious Adverse Events
    Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX) Enhanced Treatment As Usual (ETAU) Methadone Treatment Program (MTP)
    Affected / at Risk (%) # Events Affected / at Risk (%) # Events Affected / at Risk (%) # Events
    Total 8/59 (13.6%) 9/56 (16.1%) 10/79 (12.7%)
    General disorders
    Opioid Overdose 1/59 (1.7%) 1 5/56 (8.9%) 5 2/79 (2.5%) 2
    Fatal Opioid Overdose 1/59 (1.7%) 1 1/56 (1.8%) 1 0/79 (0%) 0
    Death, Unknown Cause 0/59 (0%) 0 1/56 (1.8%) 1 0/79 (0%) 0
    Prolonged Hospitalization 0/59 (0%) 0 0/56 (0%) 0 3/79 (3.8%) 3
    Surgical and medical procedures
    Medical Event or Procedure 6/59 (10.2%) 6 2/56 (3.6%) 2 5/79 (6.3%) 5
    Other (Not Including Serious) Adverse Events
    Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX) Enhanced Treatment As Usual (ETAU) Methadone Treatment Program (MTP)
    Affected / at Risk (%) # Events Affected / at Risk (%) # Events Affected / at Risk (%) # Events
    Total 0/59 (0%) 0/56 (0%) 0/79 (0%)

    Limitations/Caveats

    [Not Specified]

    More Information

    Certain Agreements

    All Principal Investigators ARE employed by the organization sponsoring the study.

    There is NOT an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.

    Results Point of Contact

    Name/Title Joshua Lee, MD MS
    Organization NYU Langone Health
    Phone 646-501-3552
    Email joshua.lee@nyulangone.org
    Responsible Party:
    NYU Langone Health
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01999946
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 12-03724
    • 1U01DA033336-01A1
    First Posted:
    Dec 3, 2013
    Last Update Posted:
    Jun 25, 2021
    Last Verified:
    Jun 1, 2021