Electronic Compliance Monitoring in Opioid Substitution Treatment (EHSO)

Kuopio University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Opiate Dependence

Treatments: Device: Compliance monitoring with electronic device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01182402

KUH5703432

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to improve unsupervised dosing of opioid substitution medications. The aim of the study is to examine whether electronic compliance monitoring provides some advantages to patients'treatment and what kind of patients especially benefit from monitoring. We would also like to know if electronic compliance monitoring can prevent the abuse/diversion of medications and how implementing this method to wider treatment facilities succeeds.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• opiate dependence F11.22 according to ICD-10
• Suboxone treatment
• the duration of substitution treatment before study at least one month
• stable medication dose

Exclusion criteria

• unstable situation in life according to treatment staff's opinions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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37 participants in 1 patient group

Electronic compliance monitoring

Experimental group

Description:

Suboxone treated patients in Kuopio city area get their unsupervised Suboxone doses in electronic compliance monitoring devices during the 4 month study.

Treatment:

Device: Compliance monitoring with electronic device