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Impact of Assertive Outreach, Individual Involvement, and Significant Other Involvement on XR-NTX Adherence
Karen Guo1, Kevin Wenzel1, Julia Thomas1
1Maryland Treatment Centers, Baltimore, USA.
Background And Objectives:
The current study investigates the roles of assertive outreach, individual participant involvement, and treatment significant other (TSO) involvement through the Medication Adherence Therapy: Psychosocial Leverage Using a Significant other (MAT-PLUS) intervention on extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) adherence for the treatment of opioid and/or alcohol use disorder (OUD/AUD).
Methods:
Participants receiving XR-NTX for OUD and/or AUD received 16 weeks of the MAT-PLUS intervention through a prior randomized controlled trial (RCT). Logs tracked XR-NTX adherence, treatment team outreach, and participant/family communications and sessions.
Results:
Of the contact types examined, only the number of family sessions attended significantly predicted next XR-NTX dose receipt (OR = 8.74, 95% CI [1.84, 54.41]) in n = 12 participants.
Conclusions:
Family involvement is an important component of OUD/AUD treatment that may improve XR-NTX adherence.
Clinical Trial Registration:
Treatment of opioid use: Medication Adherence Therapy (MAT-PLUS), https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03567356?term=MAT-PLUS&rank=1, NCT03567356.
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