Contingency Management Treatment Duration
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Alcohol Abuse
In brief
310 alcohol abusing or dependent patients beginning intensive outpatient day treatment at community-based clinics will be randomly assigned to one of four conditions: (a) standard treatment as usual (ST) at the clinic without contingency management (CM); (b) standard treatment with contingency management for 12 weeks with a 0.5 probability of winning prizes for each negative sample submitted; (c) standard treatment with contingency management for 24 weeks with a 0.34 probability of winning prizes for each negative sample submitted; or (d) standard treatment with contingency management for 24 weeks with a 0.5 probability of winning prizes for each negative sample submitted. We expect that contingency management will decrease alcohol use to a greater extent than non-contingency management treatment, and that availability of contingency management for 24 weeks may result in longer term benefits than 12 week exposure to contingency management. This study will be the first to evaluate the effects of probability of winning prizes on response to contingency management.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00732342
- Run by
- UConn Health
- People needed
- 310
- Starts
- 2008-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-04-09
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- age > 18 years
- current DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence
- willing to sign informed consent and able to pass an informed consent quiz
You may not qualify if…
- serious, uncontrolled psychiatric illness (e.g., acute schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe or psychotic major depression, or suicide risk) on the basis of history or medical examination
- current DSM-IV diagnosis of opioid dependence
- in recovery from pathological gambling
Where it is running
- Prospect House — Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
- Alcohol and Drug Recovery Centers, Inc. — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- The Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain General — New Britain, Connecticut, United States
- Morris Foundation — Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
- Carlson Recovery Center — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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