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A Brief Values Intervention to Support Veterans in Early Buprenorphine Treatment

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllVA Office of Research and Development
NCT05189223 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The US Veteran community continues to feel the impact of the overdose crisis, and opioid use disorder (OUD) diagnoses among Veterans continue to rise. Medication treatment (e.g., buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone) helps prevent relapse and reduce overdose risk, but does not help with the psychological, social, and functional challenges of early recovery. Therapies that focus on interpersonal functioning and community integration may help improve quality of life during this high-risk period. This research project will create and test a brief, values-based treatment to help Veterans improve their interpersonal functioning and community integration during early treatment. This study will have three phases. Phase 1 will involve the development of the treatment and adaptation using interviews with Veterans and VA Providers. Phase 2 will test the treatment with a group of 10 Veterans to mak

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Meets current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - 5th Edition criteria for moderate to severe opioid use disorder * Phase 2: Within 12 weeks of initiating buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone treatment for opioid use disorder following at least 2 months without treatment; Phase 3: Within 12 weeks of initiating buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone treatment for opioid use disorder following at least 2 months without treatment * Competent to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of active psychosis or mania * Suicidality requiring inpatient hospitalization * Active substance use requiring detoxification * Cognitive impairment that would interfere with study participation
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What it tests

  • Brief, values based intervention for early buprenorphine treatment
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Where

1 site
VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA
Bedford, United States
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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