Non-Abstinence Outcomes in Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorWilliam Stoops

About this trial

Reduced drug use is a clinically meaningful target for treatment development, but few studies have evaluated the positive impacts produced by this behavioral change, preventing adoption of this endpoint in clinical trials. The proposed research will fill that critical knowledge gap by demonstrating the biopsychosocial benefits of reduced methamphetamine use. These data will be used to change current accepted methamphetamine treatment endpoints and accelerate identification of therapies for methamphetamine use disorder.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

be age 18 years or older;

self-report methamphetamine use in the week prior to screening;

provide a methamphetamine-positive urine sample at screening;

meet DSM-5 criteria for moderate-severe Methamphetamine Use Disorder (MUD);

Disqualifiers

current or past medical or psychiatric illness (e.g., physical dependence on any drug other than buprenorphine requiring medically managed detoxification, unstable angina, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, aortic stenosis, self-reported compromised immune function, severe diagnosis for a SUD other than MUD or treated OUD) that would interfere with study participation in the opinion of the study physicians

poor venous access precluding blood draws

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Contingency Management

    Behavioral

    Subjects will receive payments for providing methamphetamine negative urine samples.

Treatment groups

300 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Control GroupNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Contingency Management GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Mean Arterial Pressure

Mean Arterial Pressure is recorded during subject visits and is recorded in mm Hg

Time frame
At baseline.
2

Mean Arterial Pressure

Mean Arterial Pressure is recorded during subject visits and is recorded in mm Hg

Time frame
Week 1 of participation.
3

Mean Arterial Pressure

Mean Arterial Pressure is recorded during subject visits and is recorded in mm Hg

Time frame
Week 2 of participation.
4

Mean Arterial Pressure

Mean Arterial Pressure is recorded during subject visits and is recorded in mm Hg

Time frame
Week 3 of participation.

Secondary outcomes

1

Sleep

Sleep will be measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, with a range from 0-21 where lower scores are better.

Time frame
At baseline.
2

Sleep

Sleep will be measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, with a range from 0-21 where lower scores are better.

Time frame
Week 4 of participation.
3

Sleep

Sleep will be measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, with a range from 0-21 where lower scores are better.

Time frame
Week 8 of participation.
4

Sleep

Sleep will be measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, with a range from 0-21 where lower scores are better.

Time frame
Week 12 of participation.

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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William Stoops

Lead sponsor

University of Kentucky

Sponsor institution

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Collaborator