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Trial reportAddictive behaviors2015

Opioid withdrawal, craving, and use during and after outpatient buprenorphine stabilization and taper: a discrete survival and growth mixture model.

Thomas F Northrup, Angela L Stotts, Charles Green, Jennifer S Potter, Elise N Marino, Robrina Walker, Roger D Weiss, Madhukar Trivedi

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Addictive behaviors, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07148206 (Dronabinol and Epidiolex to Manage Uncontrolled Residual Symptoms of Buprenorphine Initiation Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07148206 phase3not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Dronabinol and Epidiolex to Manage Uncontrolled Residual Symptoms of Buprenorphine Initiation Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorMontefiore Medical CenterRan2026 to 2028Enrolled40ConditionsOpioid Use DisorderArmsDronabinol Capsules, Epidiolex 100 mg/mL Oral Solution, Placebo Dronabinol, Placebo Epidiolex
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. French-Canadian Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale: The COWS-FC.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2022
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  19. A neuroeconomic signature of opioid craving: How fluctuations in craving bias drug-related and nondrug-related value.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas F NorthrupDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, JJL 324, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: Thomas.f.northrup@uth.tmc.edu.
Angela L StottsDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, JJL 324, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 1941 East Road, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
Charles GreenDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 1941 East Road, Houston, TX 77054, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.020, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jennifer S PotterUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Psychiatry, Mail Code 7792, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA; McLean Hospital, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse & Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
Elise N MarinoUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Psychiatry, Mail Code 7792, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.
Robrina WalkerUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9119, USA.
Roger D WeissMcLean Hospital, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse & Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
Madhukar TrivediUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9119, USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USMcLean Hospital · US

Funding

Project-004UG1DA020024 · NIDA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Steven J Shoptaw, MADHUKAR H. TRIVEDI · 2015 to 2026
$71.6M
The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (U10)U10DA015831 · NIDA · MC LEAN HOSPITAL (BELMONT, MA) · PI CARROLL, KATHLEEN M., WEISS, ROGER D. · 2002 to 2015
$28.8M
Concept ProjectU10DA020024 · NIDA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI TRIVEDI, MADHUKAR H. · 2005 to 2015
$22.6M
Mentoring in Drug Abuse and Dual Diagnosis ResearchK24DA022288 · NIDA · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI WEISS, ROGER D. · 2007 to 2016
$1.8M
NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA022288NIDA NIH HHS U10 DA015831NIDA NIH HHS U10 DA020024NIDA NIH HHS U10 DA15831NIDA NIH HHS UG1 DA020024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMost patients relapse to opioids within one month of opioid agonist detoxification, making the antecedents and parallel processes of first use critical for investigation. Craving and withdrawal are often studied in relationship to opioid outcomes, and a novel analytic strategy applied to these two phenomena may indicate targeted intervention strategies.

methodsSpecifically, this secondary data analysis of the Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study used a discrete-time mixture analysis with time-to-first opioid use (survival) simultaneously predicted by craving and withdrawal growth trajectories. This analysis characterized heterogeneity among prescription opioid-dependent individuals (N=653) into latent classes (i.e., latent class analysis [LCA]) during and after buprenorphine/naloxone stabilization and taper.

resultsA 4-latent class solution was selected for overall model fit and clinical parsimony. In order of shortest to longest time-to-first use, the 4 classes were characterized as 1) high craving and withdrawal, 2) intermediate craving and withdrawal, 3) high initial craving with low craving and withdrawal trajectories and 4) a low initial craving with low craving and withdrawal trajectories. Odds ratio calculations showed statistically significant differences in time-to-first use across classes.

conclusionsGenerally, participants with lower baseline levels and greater decreases in craving and withdrawal during stabilization combined with slower craving and withdrawal rebound during buprenorphine taper remained opioid-free longer. This exploratory work expanded on the importance of monitoring craving and withdrawal during buprenorphine induction, stabilization, and taper. Future research may allow individually tailored and timely interventions to be developed to extend time-to-first opioid use.

Indexed as

CravingOpiate Substitution TreatmentAdultAnalgesics, OpioidBuprenorphineDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansMaleNarcotic AntagonistsOpioid-Related DisordersOutpatientsRecurrenceSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeTreatment OutcomeAnalgesics, OpioidBuprenorphineNarcotic AntagonistsBuprenorphineCravingLatent classOpioidRelapseWithdrawal

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PMID25282598
PMCPMC4252696
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