Expanding Reach of Evidence-based Psychotherapy for Veterans With Co-occurring Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety Disorders; Substance Use Disorders

• Registration Number: NCT05372185
• Lead Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

Brief Summary

The current study seeks to better understand how to improve access to evidence-based psychotherapy (EBP) for rural Veterans with co-occurring anxiety and substance use disorders (SUD) using a web-based cognitive behavioral therapy tool (VA Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management, Substance Use Version; VA CALM-S).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-25
• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-09
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-12
• Primary Completion: 2024-03-28
• Study Completion: 2024-03-30
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-24
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

• current anxiety disorder diagnosis
• current SUD

Exclusion Criteria

• current substance withdrawal such that medically supervised detoxification is necessary (determined by evaluation of substance use history and report of current symptoms),
• acute suicidality
• current delusions/hallucinations.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7	12 weeks	Self report measure of anxiety symptoms (score range 0-21), higher scores indicate greater anxiety (i.e., poorer outcome).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Substance use frequency	12 weeks	Number of substance use days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Michael E DeBakey VAMC; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States