Comparative effectiveness of methadone take-home dose initiation in British Columbia, Canada: protocol for a population-based retrospective cohort study using target trial guidelines
The protocol, cohort creation and analysis plan have been classified and approved as a quality improvement initiative by Providence Health Care Research Ethics Board and the Simon Fraser University Office of Research Ethics. Results will be disseminated to local advocacy groups and decision-makers, national and international clinical guideline developers, presented at international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.
Authors
- Paxton Bach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2413-9133)
- Brenda Carolina Guerra‐Alejos
- Jeong Eun Min
- M. Eugenia Socías (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-7049)
- Mohammad Ehsanul Karim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0346-2871)
- Paul Gustafson
- Shaun R. Seaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-5937)
- Julie Bruneau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3484-6456)
- Bohdan Nosyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2513-3718)
- Robert W. Platt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5981-8443)
- Lawrence C. McCandless (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8752-2105)
- Megan Kurz
- Md. Belal Hossain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-863X)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (CA)
- MRC Biostatistics Unit (GB)
- Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095198
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76
Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse