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Implementing Contingency Management for Stimulant Use in Specialty Addiction Treatment Organizations

Implementing Contingency Management for Stimulant Use in Specialty Addiction Treatment Organizations (Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science at Stanford, Research Component #2)

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes

* Opioid Treatment Program Counselors:

  * Inclusion criteria: 1) provide ongoing psychosocial support to medication for opioid use disorder patients (e.g., intake sessions, individual counseling, and/or group counseling sessions), and 2) have an active caseload
  * Exclusion criteria: Younger than 18 years of age, unable to provide informed consent
* Persons on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder \[Not recruited, via electronic medical records only\]

  * Inclusion criteria: must be newly initiated on medication for opioid use disorders (within the past 30 days) and have concurrent stimulant use (indicated by self-report of past 30-day stimulant use or positive toxicology screen within 30 days).
  * Exclusion criteria: Younger than 18 years of age, Does not have electronic medical records

About the study

Stimulants constitute a new and deadly fourth wave of the opioid epidemic. Contingency management is the most effective intervention for stimulant use and is an evidence-based adjunct to medication for opioid use disorder. Yet, uptake of contingency management in opioid treatment programs that provide medication for opioid use disorder remains low; in fact, access to contingency management is arguably one of the greatest research-to-practice gaps in the addiction treatment services field. The goal of this study is to conduct a type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial to evaluate a multi-level implementation strategy, the Science of Service Laboratory, to install contingency management for stimulant use in opioid treatment programs. The Science of Service Laboratory has three core components: didactic training, performance feedback, and external facilitation.

Utilizing a stepped wedge design, a cohort of public sector addiction specialty treatment programs will be randomized to receive Science of Service Laboratory across four cohorts. Each of the programs will provide de-identified electronic medical record data from all available patient charts on contingency management delivery and patient outcomes. Staff from each program will provide feedback on contextual determinants influencing implementation. This study will rigorously evaluate whether a multi-level implementation strategy developed by one of the longest-standing national intermediary purveyor organizations-the SAMHSA Technology Transfer Centers, will improve both implementation and patient outcomes.

What is being tested

• Science to Service Laboratory (behavioral)

Sponsor: Northwestern University · Participants: 76 · Started: Jun 7, 2023

Contact the study team

• Sara Becker · Phone: 312-503-1709

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05702021

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Opioid Overdose

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.