Beginning Early and Assertive Treatment for Methamphetamine Use Disorder (BEATMeth)

Denver Health and Hospital Authority

Status

Completed

Conditions

Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Treatments

Behavioral: care navigation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT06033365

22-0968

R01CE003363 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall goal of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a secondary prevention strategy implemented at a systems-level to prevent stimulant related overdoses.

Full description

To date, a public health systems approach to enhance linkage and engagement in care for stimulant use disorders is lacking. This shortcoming arises in part from the lack of effective treatments for stimulant use disorders (StUD), the specific pathology of methamphetamine use, and gaps in epidemiologic knowledge related to methamphetamine use disorder. Unlike opioid use disorders, for which medications relieve dysphoric symptoms of acute withdrawal and prevent relapse, patients with StUD present to care with methamphetamine-induced psychosis and may be combative, agitated, and poorly insightful to their need for treatment. In response to community demands, our team at Denver Health recently established a pilot program, Beginning Early and Assertive Treatment for Methamphetamine Use Disorder (BEAT Meth), to protocolize the assessment and treatment of patients with methamphetamine-induced psychosis.The current research project aims to develop and conduct process and outcomes evaluations of a linkage intervention aimed at increasing continuation and engagement in treatment for stimulant use disorder.

Enrollment

192 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

18 years of age and older
identified in the Denver Health healthcare system who have had a methamphetamine-related encounter at Denver Health

Exclusion criteria

unable to complete the interview in English
intoxicated or impaired and unable to consent to participate in the project and/or respond to the interview
currently under residential involuntary psychiatric or substance treatment order (i.e., mental health hold, emergency commitment, or short-term certification)
received any type of substance use treatment at DHHA in the last 90 days
planning to enter substance treatment
unable to complete the research visits in the next 90 days