Network Support for Treatment of Alcohol Dependence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Alcohol Dependence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Network Support

• Registration Number: NCT00845208
• Lead Sponsor: UConn Health

Brief Summary

Relapse is the most serious problem in alcoholism treatment. The overall aim of the present study was to determine if a treatment directed at changing the patient's social network, from one that reinforces drinking behavior to one that reinforces sobriety, can create the conditions necessary for long-term treatment success. In addition, we intended to determine if explicit reinforcement for this change of social network (Contingency Management or ContM) would be more effective than the same network support intervention without contingent reinforcement for change.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2002-03
• Primary Completion: 2007-10
• Study Completion: 2008-02
• Study First Submitted: 2009-02-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-02-17
• Study First Posted: 2009-02-18
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-08
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

• meet DSM-IV criteria for Alcohol Dependence
• at least 18 years old
• Willing to accept random assignment to treatment conditions

Exclusion Criteria

• acute medical or psychiatric problems that require inpatient treatment
• reading ability below the fifth grade level
• lack of reliable transportation to the treatment site
• excessive commuting distance to site
• current dependence on drugs (except marijuana)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Case Management	Network Support	-
Network Support	Network Support	12 Weekly sessions intended to help patients change their social networks to be more supportive of abstinence
Network Support + Contingency Mgmnt	Network Support	12 weekly sessions intended to help patients change their social networks to be more supportive of abstinence. Contingency management component added to reinforce efforts to make network changes.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion Days Abstinent	Every 3 months out to 2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Network Support for Abstinence	every 6 months out to 2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Connecticut health Center; 🇺🇸 Farmington, Connecticut, United States