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Research Study

Researching stimulant medication and behavioural incentives to manage methamphetamine use

Can stimulant medication and reward incentives help people reduce or stop their meth use?

Currently Recruiting

Health Areas

Other General Health , Other Men’s Health , Other Mental Health , Other Substance Use, Other Women’s Health

Study Purpose

This study is testing whether a medication called Vyvanse and/or a reward-based behaviour approach called contingency management can help people reduce or stop their methamphetamine use. In addition, participants will receive usual addiction treatment at the clinic. The study will assess how effective these treatments are, their safety, and participant satisfaction. Results could help improve treatment options for methamphetamine use in Canada.

Details

If you are interested in participating, please contact our research coordinator at 236-688-7273. They will provide you with information about the study and, with your consent, ask some pre-screening questions to determine your eligibility. If you qualify, you will be scheduled for a screening visit at the Rapid Access Addiction Clinic. This visit includes a consent process and a physician assessment to further evaluate your eligibility. If eligibility is confirmed by the research physician, you will be randomly assigned to a treatment group, and the medication induction phase will start. Your first week on the medication, you will return to the clinic 3 times, and then once a week.

location

Lower Mainland

recruitment end date

2026-12-31

eligibility

Age: 18 Years - 55 Years Old

Accepting Healthy Volunteers: No

Research Team Information

Principal investigator

Paxton Bach

health authority affiliation

Providence Health

academic affiliation

University of British Columbia - Vancouver

collaborating organizations

University of British Columbia

British Columbia Centre on Substance Use

Providence Health

St. Paul's Hospital

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We're grateful for funding and support from Michael Smith Health Research BC and the BC SUPPORT Unit, founded under the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR)