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Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment2020

Impact of methadone treatment initiated in jail on subsequent arrest.

Sharon M Kelly, Robert P Schwartz, Kevin E O'Grady, Shannon G Mitchell, Tiffany Duren, Anjalee Sharma, Jerome H Jaffe

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Trial report in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sharon M KellyFriends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: skelly@friendsresearch.org.
Robert P SchwartzFriends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: rschwartz@friendsresearch.org.
Kevin E O'GradyDepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. Electronic address: ogrady@umd.edu.
Shannon G MitchellFriends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: smitchell@friendsresearch.org.
Tiffany DurenFriends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: tduren@friendsresearch.org.
Anjalee SharmaFriends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: asharma@friendsresearch.org.
Jerome H JaffeFriends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: jhjaffe@aol.com.
Friends Research Institute · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

A Randomized Trial of Interim Methadone and Patient Navigation Initiated in JailU01DA013636 · NIDA · FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. · PI SCHWARTZ, ROBERT P · 2013 to 2016
$2.4M
NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA013636
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are limited data from randomized trials about the impact of starting methadone treatment in jail on subsequent arrest after release for adults with opioid use disorder (OUD).

methodsOfficial arrest records were obtained for 212 participants with OUD who were enrolled in a three-group randomized controlled trial of initiating methadone treatment in jail either with or without patient navigation vs. enhanced treatment-as-usual in Baltimore, Maryland. Participants treated for opioid withdrawal in jail were assigned to: 1) interim methadone (IM) with patient navigation (PN; IM + PN); 2) IM without PN (IM); or 3) enhanced treatment-as-usual (ETAU). Participants in both IM groups were able to continue treatment at a community-based methadone treatment program with counseling upon release, while ETAU participants received overdose information and a city-wide treatment assessment/referral number. Likelihood of arrest, time to first subsequent arrest, and severity of arrest charges in the 12 months following release were examined for: 1) combined IM + PN and IM groups compared to ETAU; and 2) IM + PN compared to IM.

resultsWithin 12 months of release from the index incarceration, 50.5% of the sample had been arrested. The majority of arrest charges (71%) were for low-level, nonviolent crimes. On an intention-to-treat basis, there were no significant differences between the combined IM + PN and IM groups vs. ETAU or IM + PN vs. IM in the likelihood of arrest, time to first subsequent arrest, or severity of arrest charges.

conclusionInitiating IM with or without PN during pretrial detention did not have a significant effect on subsequent arrest during a 12-month post-release follow-up compared to not starting methadone maintenance during detention, despite the high rate of methadone treatment entry in the community following release. This finding may be attributable to the considerable attrition from treatment in the community or other systematic factors. Additional interventions may be needed to reduce the likelihood of subsequent arrest.

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JailsOpioid-Related DisordersAdultAnalgesics, OpioidBaltimoreHumansMethadoneOpiate Substitution TreatmentAnalgesics, OpioidMethadone

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PMID32359668
PMCPMC7659732
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