Lessons learned from a comparison of evidence-based research in pregnant opioid-dependent women

Autor: Kenneth Thau, Martin Langer, Bernadette Winklbaur-Hausknost, K. Graf-Rohrmeister, Gabriele Fischer, Reinhold Jagsch, Andjela Baewert, Annemarie Unger
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental. 28:15-24
ISSN: 0885-6222
DOI: 10.1002/hup.2275
Popis: Objectives Lessons learned in research and treatment of opioid dependence demonstrate the need to include pregnant women in clinical trials. Methods Two double-blind, double-dummy, randomized controlled trials (Pilot study, European sample† of MOTHER-trial) comparing buprenorphine and methadone in opioid-dependent pregnant women were conducted. In both studies, participants received voucher-based incentives for attendance and completion of study assessments. In the MOTHER trial, participants additionally received escalating voucher incentives for drug-free urine samples. Neonatal abstinence syndrome was treated with oral morphine solution based on standardized modified Finnegan scores. Results After a mean treatment period of 13.79 weeks in the Pilot study (PS, n = 18) and 20.78 weeks in the MOTHER-trial (MT, n = 41), respectively (p
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