Network Support for Alcohol Treatment 2

Alcohol Consumption Clinical Trial

Official title:

Network Support for Alcohol Treatment: Mechanisms and Effectiveness

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01129804
• Other study ID #: 09-050
• Secondary ID: R01AA012827
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2009
• Est. completion date: March 2016

Study information

• Verified date: October 2021
• Source: UConn Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Network Support project is part of an ongoing effort to improve treatment for alcohol dependent patients. The Network Support Project is designed to help patients change their social network from one that reinforces drinking behavior to one that reinforces sobriety.

160 patients will be assigned to one of two treatments. Each of the treatments will last 12 weeks. The first is a Network Support (NS) treatment designed to help patients develop new acquaintances and social networks. It is expected that alcohol dependent patients will benefit from increasing their contact with non-drinking people. This NS condition will be compared to a packaged CBT program for alcoholics (PCBT) that is designed to teach a number of skills to help people stop drinking, but does not address social networks per se.

In order to better understand what is happening to the investigators patients, the investigators will be using daily computerized telephone calls to ask about people's experiences. This will be done both before and after treatment. Patients will also be asked to participate in follow-up interviews every 3 months for 2 years following the end of treatment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 193
• Est. completion date: March 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 yo

• meets Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for alcohol dependence

Exclusion Criteria:

• acute medical or psychiatric problems that require inpatient treatment (e.g., acute psychosis, or suicide/homicide risk)

• reading ability below the fifth grade level

• lack of reliable transportation to the treatment site, or excessive commuting distance

• inability to understand English

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Consumption
• Alcohol Drinking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Coping Skills Training
Patients in both treatments will be taught skills to help them keep from drinking.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Connecticut Health Center	Farmington	Connecticut

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
UConn Health	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (2)

Litt MD, Kadden RM, Kabela-Cormier E, Petry N. Changing network support for drinking: initial findings from the network support project. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2007 Aug;75(4):542-55. — View Citation

Litt MD, Kadden RM, Kabela-Cormier E, Petry NM. Changing network support for drinking: network support project 2-year follow-up. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2009 Apr;77(2):229-42. doi: 10.1037/a0015252. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Proportion Days Abstinent (PDA)	PDA is based on data collected in each 90-day timeline follow-back assessment of daily drinking. PDA is calculated as the number of days out of 90 in which the patient reported 0 drinks.	Every 3 months out to 2 years
Secondary	Social Network Change	Network Support for Abstinence. Minimum score=0; Maximum score =1. Higher scores indicate greater support for abstinence.	assessed every 6 months out to 2 years, mean change over 2 years reported