CPT for Offenders With SUD

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Computer-assisted, Evidence-based Psychosocial Intervention, for Substance Abuse Treatment

In brief

This study will evaluate the comparative effectiveness of Therapeutic Education System (TES), a computer-based, psychosocial treatment program, relative to standard care when offered to individuals with substance use disorders in prison settings. The study will assess the comparative effectiveness of these interventions primarily by examining changes in: (1) substance use (e.g., weeks of abstinence), (2) HIV risk behavior (evaluated as both sex-related and drug-related HIV risk behavior) and (3) reincarceration rates. The study will also examine the extent to which these interventions improve psychosocial functioning (e.g., employment, health, and psychological status) and quality of life, and promote relevant skills acquisition (e.g., improve communication skills, reduce "criminal thinking"). The investigators predict significantly better outcomes for E vs. C due to TES' research-based content and use of proven informational technologies.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01277939

Run by

National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

People needed

376

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2012-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• individual's parole eligibility date or mandatory release date must be scheduled to occur within a minimum of 4 months (to allow intake an treatment to be completed) and a maximum of 6 months (to ensure that their release follows completion of their treatment such that sufficient time remains for post-prison follow-up interviews to occur within the two-year project timeframe)
• the state criminal justice system must have identified the individual to have a substance use disorder that requires a substance abuse intervention
• the individual must give their informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• the individual must not already be participating in substance abuse treatment
• the individual must speak English, as TES is now only available in English

Where it is running

• Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility — Cañon City, Colorado, United States
• Four Mile Correctional Center — Cañon City, Colorado, United States
• Fremont Correctional Facility — Cañon City, Colorado, United States
• Denver Women's Correctional Facility — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Trinidad Correctional Facility — Model, Colorado, United States
• La Vista Correctional Facility — Pueblo, Colorado, United States
• Sterling Correctional Facility — Sterling, Colorado, United States
• Blackburn Correctional Complex — Lexington, Kentucky, United States
• SCI Cambridge Springs — Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, United States
• Airway Heights Corrections Center — Airway Heights, Washington, United States

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