NAOMI: A Study to Compare Medically-prescribed Heroin With Oral Methadone in Chronic Opiate Addiction
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The objective of this study is to determine whether the closely supervised provision of
injectable, pharmaceutical-grade heroin (in combination with oral methadone) is more
effective than methadone therapy alone in recruiting, retaining, and benefiting long-term
heroin users who have not been helped by current standard treatment options.