2023
Implementing Programs to Initiate Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in High-Need, Low-Resource Emergency Departments: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial
McCormack R, Rotrosen J, Gauthier P, D'Onofrio G, Fiellin D, Marsch L, Novo P, Liu D, Edelman E, Farkas S, Matthews A, Mulatya C, Salazar D, Wolff J, Knight R, Goodman W, Williams J, Hawk K. Implementing Programs to Initiate Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in High-Need, Low-Resource Emergency Departments: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: 272-287. PMID: 37140493, PMCID: PMC10524047, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBuprenorphine programImplementation facilitationEmergency departmentMedical recordsOpioid use disorder treatmentMain secondary outcomesMore treatment visitsPrimary implementation outcomeNonrandomized Controlled TrialPatient-level outcomesPatients' medical recordsUse disorder treatmentTreatment 30 daysBuprenorphine administrationOpioid useSecondary outcomesControlled TrialsTreatment visitsED settingUnique patientsClinicians' readinessEligibility criteriaClinical protocolsDisorder treatmentOverdose events
2021
The design and conduct of a randomized clinical trial comparing emergency department initiation of sublingual versus a 7-day extended-release injection formulation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: Project ED Innovation
D'Onofrio G, Hawk KF, Herring AA, Perrone J, Cowan E, McCormack RP, Dziura J, Taylor RA, Coupet E, Edelman EJ, Pantalon MV, Owens PH, Martel SH, O'Connor PG, Van Veldhuisen P, DeVogel N, Huntley K, Murphy SM, Lofwall MR, Walsh SL, Fiellin DA. The design and conduct of a randomized clinical trial comparing emergency department initiation of sublingual versus a 7-day extended-release injection formulation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: Project ED Innovation. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021, 104: 106359. PMID: 33737199, PMCID: PMC9153252, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106359.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderRandomized clinical trialsPrimary outcomeFormal addiction treatmentOpioid withdrawalClinical trialsAncillary studiesUse disordersSelf-reported opioid useAddiction treatmentEmergency department initiationIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioReceipt of medicationEmergency department studyHealth service utilizationCost-effectiveness ratioOpioid useSecondary outcomesService utilizationTreatment accessEligibility criteriaImplementation facilitationBuprenorphineOverdose eventsDepartment study