Comparative effectiveness of maintenance doses of opioid agonist treatment among individuals with opioid use disorder: a target trial emulation protocol using a population-based observational study
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. All data are deidentified, securely stored and accessed in accordance with provincial privacy regulations. Results will be disseminated and shared with local advocacy groups and decision-makers, developers of national and international clinical guidelines, presented at national and international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals electronically and in print.
Authors
- Paxton Bach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2413-9133)
- Jeong Eun Min
- Nikki Bozinoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-7407)
- Michelle Zanette
- P. Todd Korthuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5556-3597)
- M. Eugenia Socías (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-7049)
- Mohammad Ehsanul Karim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0346-2871)
- 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)
- Mary Clare Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1186-2151)
- Fahmida Homayra
Institutions
- Portland State University (US)
- University of British Columbia Hospital (CA)
- Providence Health Care (CA)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- St. Paul's Hospital (CA)
- British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (CA)
- MRC Biostatistics Unit (GB)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Okanagan University College (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098439
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64
Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse