For Patients
Thinking about starting treatment for opioid use? Please participate in the HOMER Study!
If your primary care clinic is participating in HOMER, you can join this national study with over 1,200 people also starting treatment.
Your participation will help future patients receive the best care!
What is HOMER about?
Your doctor will explain the process of starting treatment with buprenorphine (or Suboxone). Treatment can start:
- at the clinic
- at home (not at clinic), with a plan that you follow
- with your doctor using phone calls or video contact, but not at the clinic
Patients and doctors need to learn more about how long-term treatment is influenced by how treatment begins. The HOMER study will help clinical care teams and patients better understand which method for starting treatment with buprenorphine (Suboxone) works best based on a patient’s unique needs.
What will you be asked to do?
- Agree to be randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to one of the three options to start treatment (induction).
- Complete a 30-minute survey before you start treatment (by phone, online, or paper).
- Complete a 20-minute survey 3 times (at 1 month, 3 months, and 9 months) after starting treatment.
What will you receive?
You will receive a $75 gift card for completing the first (before induction) and final (nine month) questionnaires, and a $50 gift card for completing the one-month and three-month questionnaires. That’s up to $250 in gift cards for your participation!
Call or Email Us to Learn More
We want to hear from you! You can also read more in the HOMER Participant Packet. Help improve treatment for future patients!
Participant Packet (patients in Colorado, Utah, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming) – ENGLISH
Participant Packet (patients in Colorado, Utah, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming) – SPANISH
Participant Packet (all other states) – ENGLISH
Participant Packet (all other states) – SPANISH
Phone: 303-724-6637
Email: HOMER@CUAnschutz.edu
Participants must be at least 16 years old.