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Study identifier: NCT04375033 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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A Study Comparing Oral Buprenorphine and Injectable Buprenorphine for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

Condition: Opioid Use Disorder  ·  Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

PhasePhase 4
Planned participants952
Who can joinAll sexes, 18 Years to no upper limit
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

VA-BRAVE will determine whether a 28-day long-acting injectable sub-cutaneous formulation of buprenorphine at a target dose of 300mg is superior in retaining Veterans in opioid treatment and in sustaining opioid abstinence compared to the daily sublingual (under the tongue) buprenorphine formulation at a target dose of 4-32 mg (standard of care). This is an open-label, randomized, controlled trial including 952 Veterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) recruited over 7 years and followed actively for 52 weeks. There are a number of secondary objectives that will be studied as well and include: comorbid substance use, both non-fatal and fatal opioid overdose, HIV and Hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) testing results and risk behaviors, incarceration, quality of life, psychiatric symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, housing status, dental health and utilization, and cost-effectiveness.

This description comes directly from the study's public registry record.

Talk to the study team

Avron Spiro, PhD MS  ·  (857) 364-2888  ·  avron.spiro@va.gov

Melynn Nuite, RN BS CCRC  ·  (617) 232-9500  ·  Melynn.Nuite@va.gov

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Locations (25)

Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, ALTuscaloosa, Alabama, United StatesTerminated
Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, AZPhoenix, Arizona, United StatesRecruiting
VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CALong Beach, California, United StatesRecruiting
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CAPalo Alto, California, United StatesRecruiting
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CASan Francisco, California, United StatesRecruiting
CERC (VISN1, West Haven, CT)West Haven, Connecticut, United StatesRecruiting
VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CTWest Haven, Connecticut, United StatesActive Not Recruiting
Wilmington VA Medical Center, Wilmington, DEWilmington, Delaware, United StatesRecruiting
Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Pay Pines, FLBay Pines, Florida, United StatesRecruiting
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FLGainesville, Florida, United StatesRecruiting
VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MABoston, Massachusetts, United StatesTerminated
Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MNMinneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesTerminated

+ 13 more locations — full list on the registry record.

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