Young Houston Emergency Opioid Engagement System
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-17
SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
About this trial
The Houston Emergency Response Opioid Engagement System for Youths and Adolescents (Young HEROES) is a community-based research program integrating assertive outreach, medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), behavioral counseling, and peer recovery support. The objective is to compare differences in engagement and retention in treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. The investigators also intend to understand the prevalence of opioid overdoses and OUD among youth in Houston.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
In otherwise good health based on physician assessment and medical history
Drug screen positive for opioids
Patients express a willingness to stop opioid use
Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria for opioid dependence
Disqualifiers
Non-English-speaking patients
Have a known sensitivity to buprenorphine or naloxone
Be physiologically dependent on alcohol, benzodiazepines, or other drugs of abuse that require immediate medical attention. Other substance use diagnoses are not exclusionary.
Have a medical condition that would, in the opinion of the study physician, make participation medically hazardous, including unstable cardiovascular disease, neurological deficits, trauma, acute hepatitis, stroke, and liver or renal disease)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Buprenorphine, Naloxone Drug Combination
- Individual Counseling
- Peer Recovery Support Services
- Support Group
- Referral to Medication Management
- Assertive Outreach
Treatment groups
250 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov