Vouchers vs. Prizes for Methadone Patients - 1

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Substance Abuse

• Registration Number: NCT00249522
• Lead Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare voucher-based contingency management (CM) procedures to a lower-cost CM system that provides opportunities to win prizes. Cocaine-dependent outpatients are randomly assigned to (a) standard treatment, (b) standard treatment plus voucher CM for abstinence, defined by negative breath and urinalysis test results, or (c) standard treatment plus prize CM for abstinence, defined by negative breath and urinalysis test results. Urine and breath samples are collected 3x/week during Weeks 1-3, 2x/week during Weeks 4-6 and 1x/week during Weeks 7-12. Follow-up interviews are conducted 1,3,6 and 9 months following intake during which substance use and psychosocial functioning are assessed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-08
• Study First Submitted: 2005-11-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-11-03
• Study First Posted: 2005-11-07
• Primary Completion: 2006-01
• Study Completion: 2006-01
• Status Verified: 2008-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2017-01-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Drug use	baseline and each follow-up

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

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