LINK: Aftercare Monitoring Project

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alcohol Dependence, Drug Dependence

In brief

The prevalence of substance use disorders (SUD) in the VA is rising, making SUD(s) among the most commonly diagnosed disorders in the VA. A substantial body of data attests to the effectiveness of substance use disorder treatment; further the predictor most consistently associated with positive addiction treatment outcomes is duration. Despite the body of evidence supporting length of treatment as one of the stronger predictors of long-term SUD outcomes, only 36% of SUD treatment programs in the VA are meeting the continuing care performance criterion specified by the Office of Quality Performance. This randomized clinical trial investigates whether substance use disorder patients assigned to telephone case monitoring (TCM) for continuing care will do better than those attending face-to-face continuing care as usual (CCAU)(standard outpatient care).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00265512

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

667

Starts

2006-11-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-16

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Participants will be recruited from all patients who complete at least 14 days of intensive outpatient (IOP) substance use disorder treatment over an 18-month period in 2 VA IOP SUD programs.

You may not qualify if…

• Completion of less than 14 days of IOP treatment.

Where it is running

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA — Palo Alto, California, United States
• VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center, Topeka, KS — Topeka, Kansas, United States
• St. Louis VA Medical Center John Cochran Division, St. Louis, MO — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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