Contingency Management for Alcohol Use Disorders

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alcohol Use Disorder, Contingency Management

In brief

Contingency management (CM) treatments are highly efficacious in improving outcomes of substance abusing patients. However, CM has rarely been applied to individuals with alcohol use disorders, primarily because of technological limitations in monitoring drinking. The Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (SCRAMx®) is a new technology designed to continuously monitor alcohol consumption 24 hours a day for 7 days per week. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of CM in reducing alcohol use using SCRAMx. In total, 120 alcohol abusing or dependent patients initiating outpatient treatment at community-based clinics will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: standard care, or standard care plus CM with reinforcement based on results of SCRAMx readings. Compared with standard care, it is expected that CM will result in fewer drinking days and longer durations of continuous non-drinking days.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02135237

Run by

UConn Health

People needed

120

Starts

2014-01-01

Expected to finish

2019-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-01

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• age 18 years or older
• current diagnosis of alcohol use disorder and self report of recent alcohol use
• pass an informed consent quiz
• agree to wear a SCRAMx monitor for 12 weeks
• have a standard SCRAMx compatible phone line in their home or agree to attend the clinic weekly for brief research visits/downloads
• agree to sign an off-campus property transfer form and return SCRAMx equipment

You may not qualify if…

• serious, uncontrolled psychiatric illness
• in recovery from pathological gambling
• have an unstable address
• intend to participate in activities incompatible with SCRAMx over the next 3 months
• are wearing SCRAMx for legal purposes

Where it is running

• The Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain General — New Britain, Connecticut, United States
• Farrell Treatment Center — New Britain, Connecticut, United States
• Behavioral Health Network, Inc. — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.