Dr Nicola Metrebian Academics Supervisors Reader in Addiction Treatment Research Contact details Nicola.metrebian@kcl.ac.uk +44 (0)2078480359
From fairytale to clinical practice: A response to commentaries Mobile telephone-delivered Contingency Management (mCM) to reduce heroin use in individuals with opioid use disorder (CM4OUD): A feasibility study protocol. Naloxone dosing in the era of synthetic opioids: Applying the Goldilocks principle Naloxone dosing by non-medical first-responders at opioid overdoses: findings from a qualitative interview study Mobile telephone contingency management to encourage adherence to supervised medication among individuals most at risk of non-adherence to opioid agonist treatment: a study protocol for a feasibility study (TIES2) Addiction specialists' perspectives on digital contingency management and its role within UK drug and alcohol services: A qualitative exploration A study protocol for a European, mixed methods, prospective, cohort study of the effectiveness of naloxone administration by community members, in reversing opioid overdose: NalPORS Summary of the NECTOS study of specialist crack services The Cost-Effectiveness of Financial Incentives to Achieve Heroin Abstinence in Individuals With Heroin Use Disorder Starting New Treatment Episodes: A Cluster Randomized Trial-Based Economic Evaluation SUBSTANCE USE AND HOMELESSNESS: A LONGITUDINAL INTERVIEW STUDY CONDUCTED DURING COVID-19 WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE A qualitative exploration of patients’ experience of mobile telephone-delivered Contingency Management (mCM) to promote adherence to supervised methadone: Patients’ experience of mCM A rapid assessment of take-home naloxone provision during COVID-19 in Europe Information and communication technology (ICT) use amongst people who were housed in emergency hotel accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from a policy initiative Opium and the People:opium use and drug control policy in nineteenth and early twentieth century England: Book review A qualitative evaluation of the experience of tobacco harm reduction in emergency hotels for people experiencing homelessness, during the COVID-19 pandemic in London Using a pragmatically adapted, low-cost, contingency management intervention to promote heroin abstinence in individuals undergoing treatment for heroin use disorder in UK drug services (PRAISE): a cluster randomised trial Conducting rapid qualitative research amongst people with experience of rough sleeping in London during the COVID-19 pandemic Rethinking ‘carriage’ of take-home naloxone Patients’ Beliefs towards Contingency Management: target behaviours, incentives and the remote application of these interventions. Patients’ Beliefs towards CM Are contingency management principles being implemented in drug treatment in England? Research briefing 33 Supervised co-prescription of heroin to treatment-resistant heroin addicts is more effective than treatment with methadone alone: commentary Working with drug users A model of consumer audit for substance misuse services Mobile telephone delivered contingency management for encouraging adherence to supervised methadone consumption: feasibility study for an RCT of clinical and cost effectiveness (TIES) Telephone delivered incentives for encouraging adherence to supervised methadone consumption (TIES): Study protocol for a feasibility study for an RCT of clinical and cost effectiveness Affiliation to alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anonymous among patients attending an English specialist addiction service Mobile Telephone-Delivered Contingency Management interventions promoting behaviour change in individuals with substance use disorders: A meta-analysis Positive reinforcement targeting abstinence in substance misuse (PRAISe): Study protocol for a Cluster RCT & process evaluation of contingency management An economic evaluation of contingency management for completion of hepatitis B vaccination in those on treatment for opiate dependence Diagnosis of dependence to prescribed pain medication Heroin on trial: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of diamorphine-prescribing as treatment for refractory heroin addiction Hepatitis B vaccination for people who inject drugs--authors' reply Should we pay drug users to get vital vaccines? Care Co-ordination in Drug Treatment Services Who should collect OTI data in treatment outcome monitoring: clinic staff or researchers? Heroin prescribing in the UK: An overview. Feasibility of prescribing injectable heroin and methadone to opiate dependent drug users: associated health gains and harm reductions Prescribing injectable opiates for the treatment of opiate dependence Use of contingency management incentives to improve completion of hepatitis B vaccination in people undergoing treatment for heroin dependence : a cluster randomised trial - Authors' reply New Heroin-Assisted Treatment: Recent evidence and current practices of supervised injectable heroin treatment in Europe and beyond Prescribing heroin:what is the evidence? Heroin prescribing in the UK: Lost opportunities for research? Prescribing drug of choice to opiate dependent drug users: a comparison of clients receiving heroin with those receiving injectable methadone at a West London drug clinic Heroin assisted treatment as a response to the public health problem of opiate dependence in established market economics - an overview Patients receiving a prescription for diamorphine (heroin) in the United Kingdom Methodology for the Randomised Injecting Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT): evaluating injectable methadone and heroin treatment versus optimised oral methadone treatment in the UK Survey of doctors prescribing diamorphine (heroin) to opiate dependent drug users in the United Kingdom Drug use, health and social outcomes of hard-to-treat heroin addicts receiving Supervised Injectable Opiate Treatment: secondary outcomes from the Randomised Injectable Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT) Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction - Authors' Reply Use of contingency management incentives to improve completion of hepatitis B vaccination in people undergoing treatment for heroin dependence: a cluster randomised trial View all publications
19 September 2025 Experts gather to discuss innovations and strategies to detect and prevent opioid overdose deaths On Thursday 4 September, King’s welcomed clinicians, policy makers and researchers to share and…