Comparative effectiveness of urine drug testing schedules alongside opioid agonist treatment: Emulation of a population‐based target trial in British Columbia, Canada
Compared with no urine drug testing, weekly urine drug testing may be associated with improved opioid agonist treatment retention; however, the high costs attributable to frequent testing may not be cost-effective and requires further evaluation. There was no improvement associated with less frequent testing compared with no monitoring.
Authors
- Micah Piske
- Paxton Bach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2413-9133)
- Sander Greenland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4364-3279)
- Uwe Siebert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-7671)
- Brenda Carolina Guerra‐Alejos
- Kyle M. Kampman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9760-8324)
- Jeong Eun Min
- 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)
- Paul Gustafson
- Shaun R. Seaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-5937)
- Evan Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9412-6699)
- 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)
- Megan Kurz
Institutions
- University of British Columbia Hospital (CA)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- UCLA Health (US)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (CA)
- UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik (AT)
- Center for Advancing Health (US)
- MRC Biostatistics Unit (GB)
- Institute of Population and Public Health (CA)
- Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Addiction
- Published
- 2025-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70171
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Health Canada
- National Institute on Drug Abuse