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Medication treatment for opioid use disorder in expectant mothers (MOMs): Design considerations for a pragmatic randomized trial comparing extended-release and daily buprenorphine formulations.

Authors :
Winhusen T
Lofwall M
Jones HE
Wilder C
Lindblad R
Schiff DM
Wexelblatt S
Merhar S
Murphy SM
Greenfield SF
Terplan M
Wachman EM
Kropp F
Theobald J
Lewis M
Matthews AG
Guille C
Silverstein M
Rosa C
Source :
Contemporary clinical trials [Contemp Clin Trials] 2020 Jun; Vol. 93, pp. 106014. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 27.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Opioid use disorder (OUD) in pregnant women has increased significantly in recent years. Maintaining these women on sublingual (SL) buprenorphine (BUP) is an evidence-based practice but BUP-SL is associated with several disadvantages that an extended-release (XR) BUP formulation could eliminate. The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) is conducting an intent-to-treat, two-arm, open-label, pragmatic randomized controlled trial, Medication treatment for Opioid-dependent expectant Mothers (MOMs), to compare mother and infant outcomes of pregnant women with OUD treated with BUP-XR, relative to BUP-SL. A second aim is to determine the relative economic value of utilizing BUP-XR. Approximately 300 pregnant women with an estimated gestational age (EGA) of 6-30 weeks, recruited from 12 sites, will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to BUP-XR or BUP-SL, balancing on site, EGA, and BUP-SL status (taking/not taking) at the time of randomization. Participants will be provided with study medication and attend weekly medication visits through 12 months postpartum. Participants will be invited to participate in two sub-studies to evaluate the: 1) mechanisms by which BUP-XR may improve mother and infant outcomes; and 2) effects of prenatal exposure to BUP-XR versus BUP-SL on infant neurodevelopment. This paper describes the key design decisions for the main trial made during protocol development. This Investigational New Drug (IND) trial uniquely uses pragmatic features where feasible in order to maximize external validity, hence increasing the potential to inform clinical practice guidelines and address multiple knowledge gaps for treatment of this patient population.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest Dr. Lofwall reported receiving research funding from Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., consulting fees from Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Titan, and honorarium/travel expenses from Camurus. Dr. Murphy reports having consulted for Sandoz Inc. for work unrelated to the investigation reported here. Dr. Wexelblatt reported receiving consulting fees from Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All other authors have no potential conflicts of interest to report.<br /> (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1559-2030
Volume :
93
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Contemporary clinical trials
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
32353544
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2020.106014