TY - JOUR KW - buprenorphine KW - collaborative care KW - medication KW - Nurse care manager KW - opioid use disorder KW - Pragmatic trial KW - primary care AU - C. I. Campbell AU - A. J. Saxon AU - D. M. Boudreau AU - P. D. Wartko AU - J. F. Bobb AU - A. K. Lee AU - A. G. Matthews AU - J. McCormack AU - D. S. Liu AU - M. Addis AU - A. Altschuler AU - J. H. Samet AU - C. T. LaBelle AU - J. Arnsten AU - R. M. Caldeiro AU - D. T. Borst AU - A. L. Stotts AU - J. M. Braciszewski AU - J. Szapocznik AU - G. Bart AU - R. P. Schwartz AU - J. McNeely AU - J. M. Liebschutz AU - J. I. Tsui AU - J. O. Merrill AU - J. E. Glass AU - G. T. Lapham AU - S. M. Murphy AU - Z. M. Weinstein AU - B. J. H. Yarborough AU - K. A. Bradley A1 - AB - BACKGROUND: Most people with opioid use disorder (OUD) never receive treatment. Medication treatment of OUD in primary care is recommended as an approach to increase access to care. The PRimary Care Opioid Use Disorders treatment (PROUD) trial tests whether implementation of a collaborative care model (Massachusetts Model) using a nurse care manager (NCM) to support medication treatment of OUD in primary care increases OUD treatment and improves outcomes. Specifically, it tests whether implementation of collaborative care, compared to usual primary care, increases the number of days of medication for OUD (implementation objective) and reduces acute health care utilization (effectiveness objective). The protocol for the PROUD trial is presented here. METHODS: PROUD is a hybrid type III cluster-randomized implementation trial in six health care systems. The intervention consists of three implementation strategies: salary for a full-time NCM, training and technical assistance for the NCM, and requiring that three primary care providers have DEA waivers to prescribe buprenorphine. Within each health system, two primary care clinics are randomized: one to the intervention and one to Usual Primary Care. The sample includes all patients age 16-90 who visited the randomized primary care clinics from 3 years before to 2 years after randomization (anticipated to be > 170,000). Quantitative data are derived from existing health system administrative data, electronic medical records, and/or health insurance claims ("electronic health records," [EHRs]). Anonymous staff surveys, stakeholder debriefs, and observations from site visits, trainings and technical assistance provide qualitative data to assess barriers and facilitators to implementation. The outcome for the implementation objective (primary outcome) is a clinic-level measure of the number of patient days of medication treatment of OUD over the 2 years post-randomization. The patient-level outcome for the effectiveness objective (secondary outcome) is days of acute care utilization [e.g. urgent care, emergency department (ED) and/or hospitalizations] over 2 years post-randomization among patients with documented OUD prior to randomization. DISCUSSION: The PROUD trial provides information for clinical leaders and policy makers regarding potential benefits for patients and health systems of a collaborative care model for management of OUD in primary care, tested in real-world diverse primary care settings. Trial registration # NCT03407638 (February 28, 2018); CTN-0074 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03407638?term=CTN-0074&draw=2&rank=1. AD - Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2000 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Oakland, CA, 94612, USA. cynthia.i.campbell@kp.org.; Center of Excellence in Substance Addiction Treatment and Education, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.; Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.; Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.; Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.; The Emmes Company, 401 N Washington St # 700, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.; The Emmes Company, 401 N Washington St # 700, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.; National Institute on Drug Abuse Center for Clinical Trials Network, Three White Flint North, 11601 Landsdown Street, North Bethesda, MD, 20852, USA.; Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.; Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2000 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Oakland, CA, 94612, USA.; Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine: Clinical Addiction Research & Education (CARE) Unit Crosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Floor, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.; Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine: Clinical Addiction Research & Education (CARE) Unit Crosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Floor, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 3300 Kossuth Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA.; Kaiser Permanente Washington, 9800 4th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA, 98115, USA.; Kootenai Clinic Family Medicine, 1919 Lincoln Way, Suite 315, Coeur d Alene, ID, 83814, USA.; Department of Family & Community Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (TRUNCATED) BT - Addiction science & clinical practice C5 - Education & Workforce; Opioids & Substance Use CP - 1 DO - 10.1186/s13722-021-00218-w IS - 1 JF - Addiction science & clinical practice LA - eng M1 - Journal Article N2 - BACKGROUND: Most people with opioid use disorder (OUD) never receive treatment. Medication treatment of OUD in primary care is recommended as an approach to increase access to care. The PRimary Care Opioid Use Disorders treatment (PROUD) trial tests whether implementation of a collaborative care model (Massachusetts Model) using a nurse care manager (NCM) to support medication treatment of OUD in primary care increases OUD treatment and improves outcomes. Specifically, it tests whether implementation of collaborative care, compared to usual primary care, increases the number of days of medication for OUD (implementation objective) and reduces acute health care utilization (effectiveness objective). The protocol for the PROUD trial is presented here. METHODS: PROUD is a hybrid type III cluster-randomized implementation trial in six health care systems. The intervention consists of three implementation strategies: salary for a full-time NCM, training and technical assistance for the NCM, and requiring that three primary care providers have DEA waivers to prescribe buprenorphine. Within each health system, two primary care clinics are randomized: one to the intervention and one to Usual Primary Care. The sample includes all patients age 16-90 who visited the randomized primary care clinics from 3 years before to 2 years after randomization (anticipated to be > 170,000). Quantitative data are derived from existing health system administrative data, electronic medical records, and/or health insurance claims ("electronic health records," [EHRs]). Anonymous staff surveys, stakeholder debriefs, and observations from site visits, trainings and technical assistance provide qualitative data to assess barriers and facilitators to implementation. The outcome for the implementation objective (primary outcome) is a clinic-level measure of the number of patient days of medication treatment of OUD over the 2 years post-randomization. The patient-level outcome for the effectiveness objective (secondary outcome) is days of acute care utilization [e.g. urgent care, emergency department (ED) and/or hospitalizations] over 2 years post-randomization among patients with documented OUD prior to randomization. DISCUSSION: The PROUD trial provides information for clinical leaders and policy makers regarding potential benefits for patients and health systems of a collaborative care model for management of OUD in primary care, tested in real-world diverse primary care settings. Trial registration # NCT03407638 (February 28, 2018); CTN-0074 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03407638?term=CTN-0074&draw=2&rank=1. PY - 2021 SN - 1940-0640; 1940-0632; 1940-0632 SP - 021 EP - w EP - 9+ T1 - PRimary Care Opioid Use Disorders treatment (PROUD) trial protocol: a pragmatic, cluster-randomized implementation trial in primary care for opioid use disorder treatment T2 - Addiction science & clinical practice TI - PRimary Care Opioid Use Disorders treatment (PROUD) trial protocol: a pragmatic, cluster-randomized implementation trial in primary care for opioid use disorder treatment U1 - Education & Workforce; Opioids & Substance Use U2 - 33517894 U3 - 10.1186/s13722-021-00218-w VL - 16 VO - 1940-0640; 1940-0632; 1940-0632 Y1 - 2021 Y2 - Jan 31 ER -