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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00460239
Date of registration: 11/04/2007
Primary sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Public title: Buprenorphine's Dose Response Curve
Scientific title: Evaluation of Opioid Antagonist Activity in Humans
Date of first enrolment: January 2007
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00460239
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Eric C Strain, M.D.
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Johns Hopkins University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. current opioid abuse but not physically dependent on opioids

Exclusion Criteria:

1. evidence of significant medical (e.g., insulin dependent diabetes) or psychiatric
(e.g., schizophrenia) illness

2. anemia defined as a hematocrit less than 30%

3. females are required to provide a negative pregnancy test prior to study
participation

4. baseline electrocardiogram (ECG) showing prolongation of the QTc interval

5. current significant alcohol or sedative/hypnotic drug use

6. FEV1 of less than 50% at the time of screening

7. applicants seeking treatment for their substance abuse will not be admitted to the
study, and should be provided information about treatment services available



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Opioid-related Disorders
Intervention(s)
Drug: Buprenorphine
Drug: Morphine
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Opioid agonist effects (measured by Visual Analog Scales and other subjective ratings) [Time Frame: 72 hours]
Physiologic effects (blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, pupil diameter) [Time Frame: 6.5 hours]
Psychomotor/cognitive performance effects (measured by tasks such as the DSST and Trails B) [Time Frame: 6.5 hours]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pharmacokinetics (blood levels of buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine) [Time Frame: 72 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
DPMCDA
NIDA-08045-8
R01DA008045
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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