A randomized clinical trial of the Recovery Line among methadone treatment patients with ongoing illicit drug use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Relapse, drug use, and treatment dropout are common challenges facing patients receiving methadone. Though effective, multiple barriers to face-to-face counseling exist. The Recovery Line (RL), an automated, self-management system based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, is a phone-based adjunctive treatment that provides low cost, consistent delivery and immediate therapeutic availability 24 h a day.

Methods

The current study was a 12-week randomized clinical efficacy trial of treatment-as-usual (TAU) only or RL + TAU for methadone treatment patients with continued illicit drug use (N = 82). Previous small trial phases evaluated methods to increase participant engagement and use of the RL and were incorporated into the current RL version. Primary outcomes were days

SUBMITTER: Moore BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310054 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature