What’s New in the CTN?
Updates from the NIDA National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. Want to share some news about your protocol, node, publications or presentations, or other CTN-related work here and/or in the CTN Bulletin? Email us at ctnlib@uw.edu!
News from the DSC
The Data and Statistics Center is pleased to share that Kathryn Hefner, PhD, who joined Emmes in May 2019, now serves as a Multi-PI of the DSC, alongside PI Jennifer McCormack. Kathryn’s responsibilities as MPI span a variety of areas, including oversight of the DSC’s DSMB support for the CTN; support and mentorship of the DSC Project Leaders; and scientific oversight of the DSC portfolio which includes consultation on CRF development to ensure data capture is clinically, scientifically, and psychometrically sound, and in line with the scientific aims of the study….
News from the Appalachian Node
CTN-0139 (Collaborative Care for Polysubstance use in Primary Care Settings (Co-Care) (NIH HEAL Initiative)) held a training for Clinical Champions, Nurse Care Managers, and Health Coaches from July 23-24 in Pittsburgh, PA. We had 4 sites attend in person, and one site joined remotely due to last minute travel delays. Dr. Subramaniam also joined us. Aside from the training, we were able to share a nice meal together at Dr. Park’s house and enjoyed exploring the University of Pittsburgh and the city!
New in the Library (July – August 2024)
Here are the latest items added to the CTN Dissemination Library for July – August 2024 (this post will be updated as new items come in): Performance of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance Use (TAPS) Tool in Screening Older Adults for Unhealthy Substance Use. Han BH, et al. Journal of Addiction Medicine 2024 (in press). (CTN-0059) Analyzing Quality of Life Among People with Opioid Use Disorder from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Data Share Initiative: Implications for Decision Making. Patton T, et al. Quality of Life…
Primary Outcomes Paper for CTN-0124: Delivering MOUD to the Underserved: How Can Pharmacies Really Help?
The primary outcomes paper for CTN-0124, Assessment and Design of a Cost-Effective Collaborative MOUD Delivery System, is now available! Citation: Gustafson DH, Molfenter T, Kunes T, Langdon L, Koplin M, Parker F, Branny K, Ghitza U, Bart G. Delivering MOUD to the Underserved: How Can Pharmacies Really Help? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2024 (in press). What’s the question? Access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) is a challenge in rural settings and for communities of color, partly because of the limited availability of healthcare providers equipped…
CTN Youth SIG Webinar: Falling Through the Cracks: The Struggle of Adolescents with OUD (Sept 20, 11am ET)
The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation/webinar: Falling Through the Cracks: The Struggle of Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorder in the Face of Limited Treatment Options Friday, September 20th, 2024 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET) Presenter: Sivabalaji Kaliamurthy MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry, Howard UniversityDirector, Addiction Program at Children’s National, Washington, DC Dr. Kaliamurthy, a physician specialized in pediatric addictions, is board-certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine. He was pivotal in establishing the Addiction Clinic at Children’s National to…
News from the New York Node
CTN-0139 (Collaborative Care for Polysubstance use in Primary Care Settings (Co-Care) (NIH HEAL Initiative)) held a national training from July 9-10 in New York City. We had staff from all 5 sites in attendance (Los Angeles, CA; Houston, TX; Vancouver, WA; Lancaster, PA; Bronx, NY) plus Emmes, and Dr. Subramaniam at the training. It was spectacular to be able to meet in person!
CTN Annual Scientific Meeting: Registration is OPEN! (Oct 21-23, 2024)
The 2024 CTN Annual Scientific Meeting is being held in-person at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia, from October 21–23, 2024. For those unable to attend in person, all plenary sessions and some breakout sessions will be broadcast via Zoom. The level of interaction available virtually will vary by session. Registration is required for both in-person and virtual attendees. Important Links Individuals with disabilities who need sign language interpreting and/or other reasonable accommodations to participate in this event, should contact Sean Randol at (240) 863-0507 or srandol@leedmci.com or through the Federal Relay…
Webinar Updates from the CTN Youth SIG: Recording for July Available (Cannabis & Suicide)
In Case You Missed It The recording for July’s CTN Youth SIG webinar, Suicide and Cannabis Use Among Youth & Young Adults, featuring presenters Christopher Hammond and Jesse Hinckley, is now available in the CTN Dissemination Library! Find the recording and abstract here! Coming Next The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to two upcoming presentations in 2024 (all dates are at 11am-12pm ET): Sept 20 – Dr. Sivabalaji KaliamurthyNov 15 – Dr. Velma Murry Both meetings can be accessed via Zoom: Zoom link: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/94616304667?pwd=MHhGUjBzcmVNUVVlV1IyT0hjR3YrUT09Meeting ID: 946 1630 4667Passcode: 047757
Early Bird Rates for AHSR 2024: LAST WEEK!
Only one week left to get AHSR 2024 early bird tickets! This year’s conference is hosted by the Center for Dissemination and Implementation, a Stanford University initiative and part of the CTN Western States Node. Pricing: Payment and Refunds: Full payment is required at the time of registration. Attendees will have until September 13, 2024 to modify/cancel registration. Canceling before the deadline will result in a full refund minus processing fees. Register for AHSR 2024 here!
CTN Annual Scientific Meeting: October 21-23, 2024 – Poster submissions open!
The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) will hold its Annual Scientific Meeting celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the CTN on Monday-Wednesday, October 21-23, 2024. The meeting will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. Registration and hotel information coming soon — on or before the week of July 29. Poster session information Sharing of the results, experiences, techniques, and observations from performing our trials is a critical and exciting part of the CTN experience. To that end, CTN members are encouraged to submit posters for…
New in the Library (June – July 2024)
Here are the latest items added to the CTN Dissemination Library for June – July 2024 (this post will be updated as new items come in): Extended-Release 7-Day Injectable Buprenorphine for Patients With Minimal to Mild Opioid Withdrawal. D’Onofrio G, et al. JAMA Network Open 2024;7(7):e2420702. The Potential Impact of Clinical Decision Support on Nonwaivered Primary Care Clinicians’ Prescribing of Buprenorphine. Olson AW, et al. Health Affairs Scholar 2023;1(4):qxad051. CTN-0076-Ot Barriers and Facilitators to Using a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: Insights from Clinicians…
Primary Care SIG Webinar: Are We There Yet? 25 Years of Research on Treating OUD in Primary Care (July 22, 12pm ET)
Join the CTN Primary Care SIG on July 22, 2024 (12-1pm EST) for their next webinar, featuring David Fiellin, MD from Yale School of Medicine presenting “Are we there yet? 25 years of research on treating OUD in primary care.” Please join the webinar here (no registration required).Passcode: 201068 Interested in presenting at a future Primary Care SIG meeting? Email Joe LeMaster at jlemaster@kumc.edu or Sebastian Tong at setong@uw.edu Posted July 15, 2024
Upcoming Youth SIG Webinars
The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to two upcoming presentations in 2024 (all dates are at 11am-12pm ET): Sept 20 – Dr. Sivabalaji Kaliamurthy Nov 15 – Dr. Velma Murry Both meetings can be accessed via Zoom: Zoom link: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/94616304667?pwd=MHhGUjBzcmVNUVVlV1IyT0hjR3YrUT09Meeting ID: 946 1630 4667Passcode: 047757
News from the Appalachian Node
Penn State Health and University of Maryland are two sites selected to work on the HEAL funded study looking at the effectiveness of GLP-1 agonists as adjunctive treatment for OUD, slated to begin recruitment in the Fall. Site PIs: Sarah Kawasaki and Aaron Greenblatt/Eric Weintraub. posted on July 5, 2024
News from the Western States Node: James L. Sorensen Award
CPDD honored Jim Sorensen (who served as an MPI for the Western States Node of the CTN) and made the first James L. Sorensen Distinguished Treatment and Service Mentor award to Jeffery Samet, MD for his scientific leadership and his mentorship of addiction medicine physicians. Dr. Sorensen’s widow (Laurel Koepernik) and Jim’s brothers (Roger and Bryan) hosted a reception to present the award to Dr. Samet. The annual award remembers Jim Sorensen’s contributions to CPDD, his many years of mentoring clinicians and investigators, and his leadership in the development of…
New from the CTN Translation & Implementation SIG
March & May Webinar Recordings Available Did you miss the March and/or May meetings of the CTN T&I SIG? No worries, the recordings are now available in the CTN Dissemination Library! March 2024: Multilevel Adaptive Implementation Strategies (MAISYs) In this webinar, Danny Almirall, a statistician and effectiveness implementation intervention scientist, discussed the need for multilevel, multicomponent implementation strategies from the perspective of implementation support professionals; and multilevel adaptive implementation strategies (MAISYs) as a potential solution. May 2024: The OUD Cascade of Care: Tailoring Pathways for Buprenorphine Treatment In this one,…
News from the Appalachian Node
The Appalachian Node has two new publications to report: Bulls HW, Hamm M, Wasilewski J, Olejniczak D, Bell SG, Liebschutz JM. “To prescribe or not to prescribe, that is the question”: Perspectives on opioid prescribing for chronic, cancer-related pain from clinicians who treat pain in survivorship. Cancer. 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35299. PMID: 38567685. Jennings LK, Lander L, Lawdahl T, McClure EA, Moreland A, McCauley JL, Haynes L, Matheson T, Jones R, Robey TE, Kawasaki S, Moschella P, Raheemullah A, Miller S, Gregovich G, Waltman D, Brady KT, Barth KS. Characterization of peer…
CTN Youth SIG Webinar, July 19, 2024, 11am ET
The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation with two invited speakers: Presenters: Jesse D. Hinckley, MD, PhD and Chris Hammond, MH, PhD Friday, July 19th, 2024 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET) Join Zoom Meeting:https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/94616304667?pwd=MHhGUjBzcmVNUVVlV1IyT0hjR3YrUT09 Meeting ID: 946 1630 4667Passcode: 047757One tap mobile+16469313860,,94616304667#,,,,*047757# US+13017158592,,94616304667#,,,,*047757# US (Washington DC) Exploring the association of cannabis use with depression and suicidal behavior in youth Jesse D. Hinckley, MD, PhDDivision of Addiction Science, Treatment & Prevention, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine School of Medicine The co-occurrence MDD…
NIDA HIV Seminar Series: Social & Political Determinants of HIV Among People Who Use Drugs (July 31, 1pm ET)
Join Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, on July 31, 2024 (1-2pm ET) for the next NIDA HIV Seminar! Dr. Bluthenthal is a Distinguished Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He conducts community-partnered research at the intersection of harm reduction and health disparities among people who use drugs. In this session, Dr. Bluthenthal will talk about social and political determinants of HIV among people who use drugs. Register for the seminar here!