Brief Therapy Intervention for Heavy/Hazardous Drinking in HIV-Positive Women

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Conditions studied: HIV Infections, Alcoholism

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether two brief counseling sessions reduce drinking and improve health outcomes in HIV-positive women who drink at heavy/hazardous levels. Also, the study seeks to compare hazardous drinking versus nonhazardous drinking women on a variety of alcohol, HIV and life quality outcome measures.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00127231

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

148

Starts

2007-09-01

Expected to finish

2010-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-12-06

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Heavy/hazardous drinking levels (i.e., consuming 8 or more drinks per week, or have reported at least two heavy drinking occasions [4 or more drinks/drinking episode] in the last six months, or score positively on the CAGE or T-ACE).
• HIV-positive
• Receiving HIV care in Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) Moore Clinic

You may not qualify if…

• Actively psychotic and other severe mental health symptoms
• Current enrollment in alcohol or drug treatment
• Current enrollment in Hopkins psychiatric services
• Pregnancy (because of the ethical concern of randomization to standard care)

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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