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WithdrawnPhase 2

Psilocybin for Opioid Use Disorder in Patients on Methadone Maintenance With Ongoing Opioid Use

NCT05242029 · Johns Hopkins University

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Status
Not accepting participants
Phase 2
Phase
Target enrolment
Study sites

What it is testing

Summary

This study will investigate whether psilocybin administered under supportive conditions can reduce illicit opioid use and improve quality of life in individuals with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) who are concurrently using other opioids illicitly.

Summary as written by the trial’s own sponsor and published on ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. It is the sponsor’s description, reproduced unedited, not an assessment by this site.

What counts as success

Primary outcome measures

  • Change in non-methadone opioid use as assessed by urine toxicology

    Measured over Baseline and 3-months after first experimental drug administration session

  • Change in non-methadone opioid use as assessed by the Timeline Follow Back self report

    Measured over Baseline and 3-months after first experimental drug administration session

A trial succeeds or fails on its primary outcome, declared in advance. Everything else it reports is secondary by definition.

Who can take part

Eligibility, as published

21 Years to 70 Years
Ages
All
Sex
Not accepted
Healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 21-70 years * Have OUD * Enrolled in a methadone maintenance program for at least 3 months * Urine toxicology positive for methadone * Urine toxicology positive for an additional opioid * Access to stable housing * Read, write, and speak English * Be judged by study team clinicians to be at low risk for suicidality * Have limited lifetime use of classic psychedelics (no use in the past 5 years; total classic psychedelic use less than 20 times) * Are local to the Baltimore area Exclusion Criteria: * Women who are pregnant, nursing, or not practicing an effective means of birth control * Cardiovascular conditions: hypertension with resting blood pressure systolic \>140 or diastolic \>90, angina, a clinically significant ECG abnormality (e.g., atrial fibrillation, corrected QT interval \> 450), transient ischemic attack in the last 6 months stroke, peripheral or pulmonary vascular disease * Epilepsy * Insulin-dependent diabetes; if taking oral hypoglycemic agent, then no history of hypoglycemia * Currently taking a prescribed psychoactive medication on a daily basis (except methadone) * Currently taking on a daily basis any medications (including herbal substances and supplements) with a central nervous system effect on serotonin, including serotonin-reuptake inhibitors and monoamine oxidase inhibitors. o For individuals who have intermittent or as needed use of such medications, psilocybin sessions will not be conducted until at least 5 half-lives of the agent have elapsed after the last dose. * Currently taking efavirenz, Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitors such as disulfiram (Antabuse), Alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitors, or Uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase Family 1 Member A9 (UGT1A9) inhibitors or UGT1A10 inhibitors such as phenytoin, regorafenib, eltrombopag. * Have a seizure disorder, multiple sclerosis, history of significant head trauma, central nervous system tumor, movement disorders or any neurodegenerative condition. * Morbidly obese (\>100 lbs above idea body weight, or BMI \>=40, or BMI \>=35 with high blood pressure or diabetes) * Body weight \< 45kg * Recent (within past 12 months) or extensive history of classic psychedelic use (\>19 lifetime uses). * Physiological dependence on benzodiazepines or alcohol * Abnormal screening labs: values for hemoglobin, white blood count, creatinine, potassium, and bilirubin outside of the normal lab reference rage. Transaminases greater than x2 the upper limit of normal lab reference range.

On the registry

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NCT05242029 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2024-02-02. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

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