Status:
COMPLETED
DBT Compared to I/GDC for the Treatment of Opiate Addiction in Emotionally Dysregulated Patients. - 1
Lead Sponsor:
Duke University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Conditions:
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Individual and Group Drug Counseling
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of DBT compared to a standard drug counseling approach for the treatment of opiate addiction and borderline personality disorder (BPD). Treatment r...
Detailed Description
The study design is a two arm randomized clinical trial comparing a one year treatment program of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) + suboxone for heroin addicted individuals meeting criteria for bor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Meets SCID-I criteria for opiate dependence.
- Meets IPDE and SCID criteria for BPD (DSM-IV)
- Over 18 years old
- Resides within commuting distance of treatment
- Consents to outpatient treatment for drug addiction
Exclusion
- Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform, or Schizoaffective Disorders, Psychosis NOS
- IQ less than 70; life threatening anorexia; current and chronic absence of shelter; impending jail/prison for more than three weeks (problems which by their presence or severity preclude ability to attend or understand treatment and/or requires priority treatment over SUD treatment)
- Court order to treatment, court order to treatment or to jail, or agency order to treatment or loss of child custody (due to consequent inability to freely drop-out of treatment)
- Is pregnant, plans to become pregnant during treatment phase, or becomes pregnant before random assignment to study condition
- Is unable to tolerate suboxone induction phase
- Is currently stable on an adequate dose of methadone
- Current benzodiazepine abuse or dependence
- Refuses: to discontinue current mental health or drug abuse treatment or random assignment.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
39 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00218595
Start Date
August 1 2004
End Date
June 1 2009
Last Update
August 1 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705