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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2017 Mar 22;26(4):319–325. doi: 10.1111/ajad.12527

Table 1.

Survey Respondent Characteristics by Parent Study XR-NTX Induction Success

“Study Completers” received all 3 injections
(N= 27)
Received 1–2 injections
(N=11)
Unsuccessful induction (0 injections)
(N= 19)
P
Male 24 (88.9%) 10 (90.9%) 16 (84.2%) ns
Age, years (SD) 33.4 (13.2) 33.4 (10.1) 39.2 (12.1) ns
Caucasian 16 (59.3%) 9 (81.8%) 9 (47.4%) ns
Hispanic 7 (25.9%) 2 (18.2%) 5 (26.3%) ns
African American 3 (11.1%) 0 3 (15.8%) ns
Asian 0 0 2 (10.5%) ns
Native American 0 0 0 ns
Other 1 (3.7%) 0 0 ns
Heroin as primary opioid used 11 (40.7%) 5 (45.5%) 16 (84.2%) 0.01 (1=2<3)
Marijuana use 14 (51.9%) 3 (27.3%) 4 (21.1%) 0.064 (1>3)
Severity of Use
MEQ*/day mg (SD) 251 (114) 249 (140) 318 (241) ns
Age of regular use (years, SD) 24.8 (9.9) 27.7 (6.9) 29.1 (9.3) ns
Years of regular use at enrollment (SD) 8.6 (10.9) 5.6 (4.3) 10.1 (8.5) ns
Injection as primary route ingestion 2 (7.4%) 2 (18.2%) 9 (47.4%) 0.006 (1=2<3)
*

MEQ= morphine equivalent doses