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Opiate Dependence: full-pipeline trial registry

2 of 16 indexed Opiate Dependence trials are currently recruiting.

Corpus placement: #1,060 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

16 US clinical trials · 2 currently recruiting · #1,060 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Opiate Dependence: 16 US clinical trials tracked, 2 recruiting.

Opiate Dependence is the subject of 16 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 2 of them currently open to new participants. 3 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Yale University, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition opiate-dependence

OPEN 2 | RECR 13% | LATE 3 | EARLY 4 | RANK #1060 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Acute Respiratory Infection (13% recruiting · 8 trials)

Adolescent62.5%Alcohol Intoxication56.3%AL Amyloidosis43.8%Allergy18.8%Opiate Dependence (this)13%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Opiate Dependence

Opiate Dependence lists 2 open slots (13% of 16 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Opiate Dependence on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Opiate Dependence is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    2 of 16 indexed trials (12.5%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Opiate Dependence research.

    Yale University accounts for 3 of 16 trials (18.8%). 13 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Opiate Dependence enrolment sits around 106 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 106 among the 16 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 8 of those (50%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Opiate Dependence research is mostly interventional.

    15 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (93.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 23Phase 33

Open and recent trials

16 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 7,500 participants

Substance Abuse Pre-Treatment Screening Study

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

NCT00439049

RECRUITING Phase 2 15 participants

Infusion of Lidocaine and Steroids in Middle Meningeal Artery for Pain in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

NCT07294118

COMPLETED Phase 3 313 participants

Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of BNX Sublingual Tablets for the Induction of Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Orexo AB

NCT01848054

COMPLETED NA 300 participants

Reengineering Methadone Treatment Study of Patient-centered Methadone Treatment

Friends Research Institute

NCT01442493

COMPLETED NA 242 participants

Project FIRST - Financial Incentives to Reduce Substance Use and Improve Treatment

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

NCT01376570

COMPLETED Phase 3 147 participants

Linking Hospitalized Injection Drug Users to Buprenorphine

Butler Hospital

NCT00987961

COMPLETED NA 126 participants

Clinical Efficacy of Disulfiram in LAAM-Maintained Cocaine Abusers

Yale University

NCT00580827

COMPLETED Phase 2 120 participants

Comparison of HIV Clinic-based Treatment With Buprenorphine Versus Referred Care in Heroin-dependent Participants

Johns Hopkins University

NCT00130819

COMPLETED NA 106 participants

Cocaine Withdrawal and Pharmacotherapy Response

Yale University

NCT00566969

COMPLETED Phase 3 60 participants

Behavioral Naltrexone Therapy for Promoting Adherence to Oral Naltrexone vs Extended Release Injectable Depot Naltrexone

New York State Psychiatric Institute

NCT00577408

COMPLETED NA 41 participants

Imaging Synaptic Density in Cocaine and Opiate Addiction In Vivo Using 11UCB-J PET

Yale University

NCT03527485

COMPLETED NA 38 participants

Project Relief: Developing Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Chronic Pain

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT04156802

COMPLETED Phase 2 38 participants

Employment-Based Depot Naltrexone Clinical Trial II

Johns Hopkins University

NCT00684775

COMPLETED NA 35 participants

Neurobehavioral Measurement of Substance Users in Outpatient Treatment Setting

Hunter Holmes Mcguire Veteran Affairs Medical Center

NCT03662529

COMPLETED Phase 1 16 participants

Remote Observed Dosing of Suboxone to Improve Clinical Practice

University of Pennsylvania

NCT03769025

COMPLETED NA 14 participants

Distress Tolerance and HIV Prevention With XR-NTX Initiation in Opioid Dependence

Rhode Island Hospital

NCT02602795

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 3
Phase 3 3

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Opiate Dependence records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Carvedilol 50 mg Drug
1 trials
Carvedilol 25 mg Drug
1 trials
sugar pill Drug
1 trials
Work Plus Naltrexone Contingency Combination
1 trials
Information Motivation Behavioral Model Behavioral
1 trials
11UCB-J PET Scan Diagnostic test
1 trials
Methadone Treatment as usual Other
1 trials
Patient-Centered Methadone Treatment Other
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Opiate Dependence trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Maryland 4 trials
Texas 3 trials
Connecticut 3 trials
Pennsylvania 2 trials
New York 2 trials
Massachusetts 2 trials
Virginia 1 trials
Utah 1 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Opiate Dependence page

16 registered trials, 2 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 2 Opiate Dependence trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Yale University sponsors the most Opiate Dependence trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Yale University's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Opiate Dependence condition card totals 16 registered trials; most-linked intervention Carvedilol 50 mg; top US site state Maryland. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.