Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2009
Buprenorphine and methadone maintenance in jail and post-release: a randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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107 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 226 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to reduce harms related to drug use among people who experience incarceration: systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Pooled it
- Factors Associated with Long-Term Retention in Buprenorphine-Based Addiction Treatment Programs: a Systematic Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Routes of non-traditional entry into buprenorphine treatment programs.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for female drug-using offenders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Opioid-related treatment, interventions, and outcomes among incarcerated persons: A systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of medication assisted treatment for opioid use in prison and jail settings: A meta-analysis and systematic review.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Pooled it
- Pharmacological interventions for drug-using offenders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of persons during imprisonment and in the year after release.American journal of public health · 2015Pooled it
- HIV prevention for adults with criminal justice involvement: a systematic review of HIV risk-reduction interventions in incarceration and community settings.American journal of public health · 2014Pooled it
- Buprenorphine maintenance versus placebo or methadone maintenance for opioid dependence.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Opioid dependence.BMJ clinical evidence · 2011Pooled it
- Determinants of health-related quality of life among individuals with opioid use disorder, recently released from incarceration.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2023Trial
- Comparison of Treatment Retention of Adults With Opioid Addiction Managed With Extended-Release Buprenorphine vs Daily Sublingual Buprenorphine-Naloxone at Time of Release From Jail.JAMA network open · 2021Trial
- HIV-Risk Behavior Among Adults with Opioid Use Disorder During 12 Months Following Pre-trial Detention: Results from a Randomized Trial of Methadone Treatment.AIDS and behavior · 2021Trial
- Randomized trial of methadone treatment of arrestees: 24-month post-release outcomes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Impact of methadone treatment initiated in jail on subsequent arrest.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Trial
- Methadone treatment of arrestees: A randomized clinical trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Trial
- Longitudinal analysis of HIV-risk behaviors of participants in a randomized trial of prison-initiated buprenorphine.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2019Trial
- Criminal justice outcomes over 5 years after randomization to buprenorphine-naloxone or methadone treatment for opioid use disorder.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Trial
47 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Buprenorphine has rarely been administered as an opioid agonist maintenance therapy in a correctional setting. This study introduced buprenorphine maintenance in a large urban jail, Rikers Island in New York City. Heroin-dependent men not enrolled in community methadone treatment and sentenced to 10-90 days in jail (N=116) were voluntarily randomly assigned either to buprenorphine or methadone maintenance, the latter being the standard of care for eligible inmates at Rikers. Buprenorphine and methadone maintenance completion rates in jail were equally high, but the buprenorphine group reported for their designated post-release treatment in the community significantly more often than did the methadone group (48% vs. 14%, p<.001). Consistent with this result, prior to release from Rikers, buprenorphine patients stated an intention to continue treatment after release more often than did methadone patients (93% vs. 44%, p<.001). Buprenorphine patients were also less likely than methadone patients to withdraw voluntarily from medication while in jail (3% vs. 16%, p<.05). There were no post-release differences between the buprenorphine and methadone groups in self-reported relapse to illicit opioid use, self-reported re-arrests, self-reported severity of crime or re-incarceration in jail. After initiating opioid agonist treatment in jail, continuing buprenorphine maintenance in the community appears to be more acceptable to offenders than continuing methadone maintenance.
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