ADDICTION RECOVERY CLINIC (ARC)v1.0

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Effectiveness of Adaptive Opioid Agonist Maintenance Pharmacotherapy and Behavioural Therapy for Opioid Use Disorder.

• IRAS ID

  109825

• Contact name

  Michael Kelleher

• Sponsor organisation

  Kings College London

• Eudract number

  2012-002237-11

• ISRCTN Number

  n/a

• Research summary

  To study the clinical and economic effectiveness of standard opioid agonist substitution treatment to treat heroin dependence, using either oral methadone hydrochloride or suboxone sublingual tablet (both NICE recommended opioid agonist medications and front-line therapies for this disorder in the NHS) but with little study in the NHS in the context of a personalised behavioural therapy package to reduce heroin and cocaine use among initially clinically non-responsive patients.

• REC name

  London - Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  12/LO/1429

• Date of REC Opinion

  17 Dec 2012

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion