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Starting Treatment with Agonist Replacement Therapies (START) Study

START: Starting Treatment with Agonist Replacement Therapy cover

The CTN collaborated with the Division of Pharmacotherapies & Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse (DPMCDA) on this multi-centered trial to compare the effect of buprenorphine/naloxone (Bup/Nx) and methadone (MET) on liver function. This was a randomized, open-label, multi-center, Phase 4 study in participants entering opioid agonist treatment programs at community centers (methadone centers) throughout the country. The study randomized approximately 1,300 participants at 8 sites across 6 Nodes.

CTN Protocol ID: 
CTN-0027
DSMB ID: 
DSMB-0027
Enrollment Status: 
Completed
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: 
Primary Outcomes Article: 

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Principal Investigator(s)
Walter Ling, M.D.
Director
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
University of California, Los Angeles
11075 Santa Monica Boulevard
Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
lwalter@ucla.edu

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