Status:

COMPLETED

Malmö Treatment Referral and Intervention Study

Lead Sponsor:

Region Skane

Collaborating Sponsors:

Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research

Conditions:

Heroin Addiction

Substance Use Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

20+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study aims to study and implement active referral of heroin users from a syringe exchange programme to evidence-based treatment for heroin addiction. Patients are randomized to either a strength-...

Detailed Description

Patients attending the syringe exchange programme of Malmö, Sweden, and who are using heroin as their primary drug of abuse and who live in the catchment area of Malmö Addiction Centre, will be addres...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Registered at syringe exchange programme of Malmö
  • Primary drug heroin
  • Heroin dependence
  • Living in catchment area for substitution treatment of Addiction Centre Malmö

Exclusion

  • Inability to understand consent and information
  • Unstable psychiatric condition making treatment regulations impossible
  • Pregnancy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

79 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01457872

Start Date

October 1 2011

End Date

April 1 2013

Last Update

November 25 2014

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Malmö Addiction Centre, Malmö University Hospital entrance 90

Malmo, Sweden, 205 02