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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!
CTN Primary Care SIG: Methadone in Primary Care (May 19, 2025, 12pm ET)
The Primary Care SIG aims to engage primary care in research, develop substance use treatment interventions relevant to community-based practice, and promote the transfer of evidence-based results from substance use research into community-based practices. Primary Care SIG Key Objectives Primary Care SIG Webinars and presentations The Primary Care SIG is led by Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH, and meets every other month on the 4th Monday of the month from 9-10am PT/12-1pm ET. To join the Primary Care SIG webinar series listserv, please provide your contact information here. Next Primary Care…
News from the Greater Intermountain Node: Podcast & SUPeRAD Expansion
Let’s Talk About Drugs in the Intermountain West Podcast The Greater Intermountain Node is housed within the Program of Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, and Advocacy (PARCKA) at the University of Utah. As part of its outreach and advocacy efforts, PARCKA produces a weekly podcast, Let’s Talk About Drugs in the Intermountain West. New episodes are released every Wednesday, featuring conversations that explore topics around addiction and spotlight the efforts being made to address substance use disorders across the Greater Intermountain West. This May marks the podcast’s one-year anniversary! You…
CTN T&I SIG: CTN T&I SIG: Implementation of ED-Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder (May 20, 2025, 9am PT)
Join the CTN Translation & Implementation (T&I) SIG on May 20, 2025 (9-10am PT) for their next virtual meeting, featuring the work of CTN-0069: Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department (Project ED Health). Presenters Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS, and David A. Fiellin, MD, will share their study approach and results, as well as considerations for integrating implementation outcome evaluations in efficacy/effectiveness protocols. Read more about the session and presenters here (pdf)! Interested in attending? Reach out to Elena Rosenberg-Carlson (rosenbee@stanford.edu) for the meeting link and/or to join the SIG…
News from the New York Node: NIDA Lifetime Achievement Award for Dr. John Rotrosen
The New York Node is proud to announce that Dr. John Rotrosen, MD, an esteemed and long-time member of the CTN, has been presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in recognition of his unwavering commitment to the advancement of translational research in the area of substance use and other psychiatric disorders. This distinguished honor recognizes his outstanding contributions advancing science that improves lives. Dr. Rotrosen’s contributions to addiction, ADHD, schizophrenia, and movement disorders research have made a significant impact on public health, including…
News from the Ohio Valley Node: Summer Speaker Series (Webinars)
The Center for Addiction Research at University of Cincinnati, part of the Ohio Valley Node (OVN), is hosting a Summer Speaker Series hosted by T. John Winhusen, PhD, PI of the OVN. June 11, 2025, 12-1pm ETForming an Interprofessional Workforce to Address Opioid Use Disorder Among At-Risk Youth Presenters: Michael D. Brubaker, PhD, LICDC-CS, NCC (U. Cincinnati) and Kaycia Spenser, LISW (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital).Register for the June session July 9, 2025, 12-1pm ETEndocannabinoid Regulation of Repeated Stress-Cocaine Interactions Presenter: Jayme McReynolds, PhD (University of Cincinnati)Register for the July session August…
News from the New York Node
From our CTN-0139 Lead team: The CTN-0139 Lead Team is thrilled to announce that all study sites are now endorsed for patient recruitment! Congratulations to all teams for this important accomplishment! There are currently 128 PCP participants, and 28 patient participants enrolled. Thank you to all the teams who have been working so hard; we look forward to continued progress on the study!
News from the Pacific Northwest Node
Congratulations to Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, member of the CTN Pacific Northwest Node, who has just been named the President-Elect of CPDD (College on Problems of Drug Dependence)! Dr. Tsui is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington, based at Harborview Medical Center and Evergreen Treatment Services, Director of the UW GIM Substance Use Research and Education (SURE) Unit, Associate Director of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship at the UW, Director of the UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research Substance Scientific Working Group, and PI/Director of the NIH/NIDA R25-funded…
Recording available! CTN Youth SIG Webinar: Implications of Basic Emotion Science for SUD Treatment & Intervention
The CTN Youth SIG hosted the following webinar in March 2025: Implications of basic emotion science for substance use treatment and intervention Presenter: Michelle “Lani” Shiota, Ph.D.Professor, Department of PsychologyDirector, Substance use and Addiction Translational Research Network (SATRN)Arizona State University Dr. Michelle “Lani” Shiota is a Professor of Psychology at ASU conducting research on positive emotions, emotion regulation, and emotion-related mechanisms of health behavior. As Director of SATRN@ASU she guides a network of academic researchers and community partners in promoting community-engaged and interdisciplinary addiction science as well as evidence-based practice….
CTN Library Site May Be Unavailable April 8-9, 2025
The CTN Library website will be undergoing some server upgrades starting in the afternoon of Tuesday, April 8th and may be temporarily unavailable throughout the evening and into the next day. If you have an urgent need for any information or publications from the site, please contact ctnlib@uw.edu for assistance! Posted on April 7, 2025.
New CTN SIG: Secondary Data Analysis
We would like to announce the creation of a new Special Interest Group and extend an invitation to all who are interested in participating. The CTN Secondary Data Analysis SIG’s mission is to maximize the scientific knowledge gleaned from each CTN study conducted by standardizing, promoting, and supporting the use of existing CTN data to answer novel research questions. We discuss how to make data access and navigation easier, procedures and best practices for conducting secondary data analyses, and what research questions available data may be able to answer. Please…
Learning for Early Careers in Addiction & Diversity (LEAD Program): Apply by April 15, 2025!
The Learning for Early Careers in Addiction and Diversity (LEAD) program offers mentorship and training to postdoctoral fellows and assistant professors who are pursuing independent research careers in substance use and substance use disorder treatment. This support is aimed at individuals from racial and ethnic minoritized groups who are underrepresented among NIH-funded investigators in this field. The LEAD Program uses the NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN) as a platform for training early-careerinvestigators. This 3-year training program is based at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and visiting scholars spend…
Fellowship in Addiction Dissemination & Implementation Science – Deadline extended to APRIL 15!
Applications are now being accepted for the 2025–2026 Center for Dissemination and Implementation At Stanford (C-DIAS) Fellowship in Addiction Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Science. The C-DIAS Fellowship in Addiction Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Science is for early or mid-career individuals with goals to improve public access to and quality of addiction treatment by leveraging advanced implementation science methods. Submit your application by April 15th, 2025. This year-long mentored learning experience: Activities include monthly, virtual, hour-long lectures; participation in the C-DIAS Research Core sections activities; C-DIAS Virtual Grand Rounds; individualized mentoring; lead…
News from the Appalachian Node: Updates from the CTN-0139 Co-CARE study
Jane Liebschutz (Appalachian Node), Rebecca Stone (NY Node) and Donna Beers (Boston Medical Center) traveled to Enterprise OR to conduct a site visit at Winding Waters, a federally qualified health center participating in CTN 139-CoCare. The three city slickers enjoyed their first taste of Frontier designation, which is less than 6 people per square mile. The view was stunning with snow capped peaks and a gorgeous river. But what impressed us all was the dedication and smooth running of the clinic. The five physicians and three physician assistants provide primary care, mental health…
Primary Care SIG Meeting: March 24, 2025 (9-10am PT/12-1pm ET)
The Primary Care SIG aims to engage primary care in research, develop substance use treatment interventions relevant to community-based practice, and promote the transfer of evidence-based results from substance use research into community-based practices. Primary Care SIG Key Objectives Primary Care SIG Webinars and presentations The Primary Care SIG is led by Joe LeMaster, MD, MPH and Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH, and meets every other month on the 4th Monday of the month from 9-10am PT/12-1pm ET. To join the Primary Care SIG webinar series listserv, please provide your contact…
Northeast Node Science Series Webinar: Cannabis: Therapeutic Use and Consequences (April 10, 2025,12-1pm ET)
The landscape of cannabis research has sharpened in recent years, with new understandings of what is therapeutically beneficial and what is not. There is a great diversity in cannabis products and nearly as many ways to consume it, with more US states seeking legalization of both medicinal and recreational use. In this presentation, Dr. Alan Budney will review the state of the science related to the clinical efficacy of cannabis use and discuss alternative ways to consider and act on what is known. He will also review the potential consequences…
News from the Pacific Northwest Node
The Pacific Northwest Node will be presenting four CTN-related posters at this year’s College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) conference in New Orleans (June 14-18, 2025): Authors from the node also have a new paper out, related to CTN-0082: Attitudes Toward and Experience with Naloxone Among People Who Use Drugs in the Southeastern United States. Le MH, et al. International Journal of Drug Policy 2025; 139: 10479. Find it in the CTN Dissemination Library. Posted on March 12, 2025
Virtual CTN Steering Committee Meeting: March 11, 1-5pm ET
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Center for the Clinical Trials Network (CCTN) is hosting a virtual Quarterly Steering Committee Meeting on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Eastern. View agenda | Register for the meeting Once registered you will receive the Zoom information, including an option to download a calendar invitation. If you have any questions about the meeting logistics, please contact CTNSupport@sdsolutionsllc.com. Individuals with disabilities who need sign language interpreting and/or other reasonable accommodations to participate in this event should contact Sean Randol at (202) 258-3638…
CTN T&I SIG Session: A Pragmatic Measure of Context at the Organizational Level: The IFASIS (March 18, 9am PT)
Title: A Pragmatic Measure of Context at the Organizational Level: The Inventory of Factors Affecting Successful Implementation and Sustainment (IFASIS)Date/time: March 18, 2025, 9-10am PTSpeaker: Helene Chokron Garneau, PhD, MPH (Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine and co-Director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation At Stanford (C-DIAS). Download/share the flyer (image file). Successful implementation and sustainment of interventions is heavily influence by context. Yet the complexity and dynamic nature of context make it challenging to connect and translate findings across implementation efforts, limiting potential replicability and…
Update from the CTN CCC and DSC
The CCC and DSC are pleased to announce a new resource on the CTN TPR Website: The CTN Sample Document Repository, a reference library of over 100 sample study documents developed by a working group of Node Coordinators and Project Directors from recent CTN studies. Sample study documents consist of training materials, recruitment and retention documents, as well as sample documents required for Protocol Review Board submission, among others. The CTN Sample Document Repository is a collaborative effort between the CTN Nodes, CCC, and DSC. Sample documents were developed and submitted by…
News from the Health System Node: Spotlight on Gwen Lapham, PhD, MPH, MSW
Spotlight on Health System Node Investigator – Gwen Lapham, PhD, MPH, MSW CTN studies often have many important secondary findings and Dr. Lapham, a CTN investigator in the Health Systems Node, has been making sure these get published rapidly. In 2024, Dr. Lapham led a paper on Year 3 outcomes of the PROUD Trial (CTN-0074) in JAMA Network Open, showing that the benefit of the PROUD nurse care manager intervention more than doubled during year 3 (compared to years 1-2 in the main results paper) with significant benefit in 4 of…