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N/A N=335 Randomized Single-blind Health Services Research

Evaluating the Impact of the Bridge Clinic in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Opioid Use · Opioid-use Disorder

Enrolled (actual)
335
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Apr 2024
Primary outcome: Primary: Hospital Length of Stay — 232.1; 215.0 Hours

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Bridge Clinic (Other); Usual Care (Other)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Primary completion
Sep 2021

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Hospital Length of Stay
232.1; 215.0
SECONDARY
Combined Cost of Index Admission and Subsequent Admissions During the Study Period
1705.28; 9481.93
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Successful Care Linkage
19; 45; 13; 11
SECONDARY
Number of MAT Prescriptions Filled by Participant
1; 10
SECONDARY
Readmissions and Emergency Department (ED) Visits
0; 0
SECONDARY
Hospital and ED Free Days
112; 112
SECONDARY
Mortality
4; 2
SECONDARY
Recurrent Opioid Use
15; 23
SECONDARY
Overdose
4; 1
SECONDARY
Quality of Life - Schwartz Outcome Scale-10 (SOS10).
41.5; 47
SECONDARY
Opioid Use Within 30 Days
2; 2; 4; 0; 7; 17

Summary

This study aims to determine whether referral to the Bridge Clinic reduces overall index hospital length of stay when compared to direct referral to a long-term outpatient addiction provider for patients with active opioid use disorder (OUD) being considered for medications-for-addiction treatment (MAT).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Inpatients at VUH with active OUD being considered for MAT.
  • Patient accepting a transitional prescription for buprenorphine-naloxone or IM naltrexone whose outpatient plans are not fixed

Exclusion Criteria

  • Deemed ineligible for referral to outpatient Bridge Clinic by the Addiction Consult Team (examples include but are not limited to patients with severe, active co-occurring psychiatric disorders requiring a higher level of psychiatric care or patients for whom methadone maintenance is deemed the best choice of MAT).
  • Patients previously randomized in this study.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04084392). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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