Extract

The trial aims to examine the safety, acceptability, and physiological responses to high dose injectable buprenorphine, for subjects not responding to their current maintenance treatment. The key outcomes are as follows: - Feasibility, of recruiting and maintaining subjects with a daily injection (IV/IM) of buprenorphine (successful retention outcome defined as 60+ %) - Reduction or cessation of injecting street heroin (successful outcome defined as 50% of urine tests negative for illicit heroin (i.e. morphine) in weeks 14-26) - Safety (of daily IV/IM injection of buprenorphine (assessed by observations of IMP administration, laboratory testing, cardio respiratory monitoring, and adverse events)

Inclusion criteria

• Addiction to illicit heroin

Links

• ictrp
• euctr