A placebo-controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a lighting intervention to reduce or stabilize alcohol use and craving in alcohol dependent patients

Completed

Conditions: chronische alcoholafhankelijkheid
alcohol dependency
Alcohol use disorder

Registration Number: NL-OMON49511

Lead Sponsor: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Patients should be under current, active treatment of an addiction clinic, with
primary alcohol dependence;
Capable of adherence to agreements with caregiver(s);
Aged 24-65 years old;
Fluent in Dutch language.

Exclusion Criteria

Current florid psychosis;
Depression, prominent suicidal and/or homicidal ideation with active
intervention during the month prior to the moment of investigation and expected
active intervention during the actual research period;
Mentally incompetent;
Homelessness, or a housing condition that impedes participation;
Relatively high use of (pre-scribed) sleep mediation as reported by caregiver
or use of illegal sleep medication;
Two or more time zones trans-meridian flights one month prior to participation;
Shift work during the three months prior to participation;
Color blindness assessed with Ishihara test;
Visually impaired;
Recent eye surgery (last year), glaucoma or other eye disease

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study parameters are the differences in self-reported alcohol use and<br /><br>alcohol craving (relative to measures at baseline).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary parameters include sleep (timing, duration and quality), circadian<br /><br>misalignment, self-control, mood, vitality, and quality of life, adherence to<br /><br>the behavioural instructions, and experience with the lighting system as well<br /><br>as the study protocol.</p><br>