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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2016 Aug 15;70:73–80. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2016.08.010

Table 2.

Characteristics of CTN Trials

CTN
Trial
No.
Sample
Size
(N)
Intervention Type Number
of
Deaths
Total
Observed
Risk Time
(Person
Years)
Average
Years
Per
Person
Crude
Mortality
Rate (per
100,000
PY)
Primary drug of use (not
reported if less than 1%)
NIDA-
CTN-
0001
113 Pharmacological 2 48.19 0.43 4150 Opioids: 96%
Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol: 3%
NIDA-
CTN-
0002
230 Pharmacological 0 86.81 0.38 0 Opioids: 99%
NIDA-
CTN-
0003
516 Pharmacological 3 100.58 0.19 2983 Opioids: 84%
Unknown: 15%
NIDA-
CTN-
0004
461 Psychosocial/Behavior 2 133.65 0.29 1497 Alcohol: 28%
Stimulants: 27%
Other drug: 20%
Cannabis: 15%
Opioid: 9%
NIDA-
CTN-
0005
423 Psychosocial/Behavior 0 92.27 0.22 0 Alcohol: 48%
Stimulants: 26%
Cannabis: 20%
Opioid: 5%
Other drug: 1%
NIDA-
CTN-
0006
454 Psychosocial/Behavior 0 183.53 0.40 0 Stimulants: 57%
Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
30%
Alcohol: 7%
Cannabis: 2%
Opioid: 2%
No problem: 1%
NIDA-
CTN-
0007
403 Psychosocial/Behavior 1 187.00 0.46 535 Opioid: 40%
Stimulant: 34%
Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
22%
Unknown: 2%
NIDA-
CTN-
0009
225 Pharmacological and
Psychosocial/Behavior
1 108.30 0.48 923 Opioid: 52%
Stimulants: 17%
Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
11%
Cannabis: 8%
Alcohol: 7%
Other drug:4%
No problem: 1%
NIDA-
CTN-
0010
154 Pharmacological 1 113.45 0.74 881 Opioids: 89%
Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
10%
NIDA-
CTN-
0011
339 Psychosocial/Behavior 2 86.82 0.26 2304 Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
45%
Alcohol: 23%
Stimulants: 21%
Opioid: 7%
Cannabis: 3%
NIDA-
CTN-
0013
200 Psychosocial/Behavior 0 64.75 0.32 0 Stimulant: 31%
Cannabis: 31%
Opioids: 14%
Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
12%
Alcohol: 11%
Other drug: 2%
NIDA-
CTN-
0014
482 Psychosocial/Behavior 6 466.01 0.97 1288 Cannabis: 45%
No problem: 30%
Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
18%
Stimulant: 4%
Alcohol: 2%
NIDA-
CTN-
0015
353 Psychosocial/Behavior 4 401.89 1.14 995 Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
64%
Stimulant: 19%
Alcohol: 9%
Opioid: 4%
Cannabis: 3%
NIDA-
CTN-
0017
632 Psychosocial/Behavior 5 294.76 0.47 1696 Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
80%
Opioid: 14%
Stimulant: 6%
NIDA-
CTN-
0018
594 Psychosocial/Behavior 7 327.59 0.55 2137 Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
49%
Stimulant: 16%
Opioid: 14%
Alcohol: 11%
No problem: 5%
Cannabis: 4%
Other drug: 2%
NIDA-
CTN-
0019
515 Psychosocial/Behavior 5 296.68 0.58 1685 Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
42%
Opioid: 23%
Stimulant: 22%
Alcohol: 5%
No problem: 4%
Cannabis: 2%
Other drug: 2%
NIDA-
CTN-
0020
628 Psychosocial/Behavior 2 304.69 0.49 656 Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
51%
Opioid: 23%
Stimulant: 10%
Alcohol: 10%
No problem: 4%
Cannabis: 2%
NIDA-
CTN-
0021
436 Psychosocial/Behavior 0 127.46 0.29 0 Alcohol: 61%
Stimulants: 25%
Cannabis: 8%
Opioid: 6%
NIDA-
CTN-
0028
303 Pharmacological and
Psychosocial/Behavior
0 103.55 0.34 0 Cannabis: 88%
Alcohol: 8%
Stimulant: 2%
Unknown: 2%
NIDA-
CTN-
0030
653 Pharmacological and
Psychosocial/Behavior
2 312.73 0.48 640 Opioid: 91%
Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:9%
NIDA-
CTN-
0031
471 Psychosocial/Behavior 0 234.81 0.50 0 Stimulant: 55%
Multi-
drug/substance/alcohol:
37%
Alcohol: 3%
Cannabis: 2%
Opioids: 2%
NIDA-
CTN-
0032
1281 Psychosocial/Behavior 6 654.46 0.51 917 Alcohol: 32%
Cannabis: 21%
Opioid: 17%
Stimulant: 13%
No problem: 10%
Other drug: 4%

All CTN trials have group counseling as the standard of care (referred to as Treatment as Usual, TAU) of the CTPs, which is separate from “psychosocial” intervention indicated in this table.