Contingency Management Treatment Duration
- Conditions
- Alcohol Abuse
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Contingency Management
- Registration Number
- NCT00732342
- Lead Sponsor
- UConn Health
- Brief Summary
310 alcohol abusing or dependent patients beginning intensive outpatient day treatment at community-based clinics will be randomly assigned to one of four conditions: (a) standard treatment as usual (ST) at the clinic without contingency management (CM); (b) standard treatment with contingency management for 12 weeks with a 0.5 probability of winning prizes for each negative sample submitted; (c) standard treatment with contingency management for 24 weeks with a 0.34 probability of winning prizes for each negative sample submitted; or (d) standard treatment with contingency management for 24 weeks with a 0.5 probability of winning prizes for each negative sample submitted. We expect that contingency management will decrease alcohol use to a greater extent than non-contingency management treatment, and that availability of contingency management for 24 weeks may result in longer term benefits than 12 week exposure to contingency management. This study will be the first to evaluate the effects of probability of winning prizes on response to contingency management.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 310
- age > 18 years
- current DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence
- willing to sign informed consent and able to pass an informed consent quiz
- serious, uncontrolled psychiatric illness (e.g., acute schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe or psychotic major depression, or suicide risk) on the basis of history or medical examination
- current DSM-IV diagnosis of opioid dependence
- in recovery from pathological gambling
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- FACTORIAL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 3 Contingency Management Standard Treatment with Contingency Management for 24 weeks with a 0.34 probability of winning prizes for each negative sample submitted 4 Contingency Management Standard Treatment with Contingency Management for 24 weeks with a 0.5 probability of winning prizes for each negative sample submitted 2 Contingency Management Standard Treatment with Contingency Management for 12 weeks with a 0.5 probability of winning prizes for each negative sample submitted
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method longest duration of negative breath samples submitted active phase and throughout follow-up phase
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method subjective reports of alcohol use baseline and each follow-up
Trial Locations
- Locations (5)
Morris Foundation
🇺🇸Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
The Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain General
🇺🇸New Britain, Connecticut, United States
Carlson Recovery Center
🇺🇸Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Prospect House
🇺🇸Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Alcohol and Drug Recovery Centers, Inc.
🇺🇸Hartford, Connecticut, United States