Brief Interventions for Drop-out Re-engagement

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Substance Abuse
• Interventions: Behavioral: brief (behavioral therapy); Behavioral: standard care follow up; Behavioral: Drop out re-engagement motivational intervention

• Registration Number: NCT00350571
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

We will evaluate a series of interventions intended to help individuals who drop out of substance abuse treatment re-engage in order to improve treatment outcome.

Detailed Description

We propose a 5-year Stage I behavioral therapy development study to: 1) prospectively evaluate risk factors for premature drop-out from outpatient treatment; 2) develop and test a manual of single session phone-and office-based interventions to re-engage these individual in treatment.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-11
• Study First Submitted: 2006-07-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2006-07-11
• Primary Completion: 2009-11
• Study Completion: 2009-11
• Status Verified: 2014-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 2014-09-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 299

Inclusion Criteria

• admission to outpatient treatment

Exclusion Criteria

• need for hospitalization

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Drop out reengagement motivational intervention	Drop out re-engagement motivational intervention	Single session office based or phone based motivational counseling session designed to promote participant re-engagement in standard treatment.
Drop out reengagement motivational intervention	brief (behavioral therapy)	Single session office based or phone based motivational counseling session designed to promote participant re-engagement in standard treatment.
Standard care follow up	standard care follow up	Standard care counselor follow up care phone calls or letters.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
retention into outpatient treatment	4, 8, 12, 24 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
psychiatric symptoms	4, 8, 12, and 24 weeks
substance abuse	4, 8,12,and 24 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Connecticut Mental Health Center; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States

APT Foundation; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States