Network Support for Treatment of Alcohol Dependence

Alcohol Dependence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Network and Contingency Management for Alcohol Treatment

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00845208
• Other study ID #: AA12827
• Secondary ID: R01AA0128271R01A
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2002
• Est. completion date: February 2008

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: UConn Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Relapse is the most serious problem in alcoholism treatment. The overall aim of the present study was to determine if a treatment directed at changing the patient's social network, from one that reinforces drinking behavior to one that reinforces sobriety, can create the conditions necessary for long-term treatment success. In addition, we intended to determine if explicit reinforcement for this change of social network (Contingency Management or ContM) would be more effective than the same network support intervention without contingent reinforcement for change.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 210
• Est. completion date: February 2008
• Est. primary completion date: October 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• meet DSM-IV criteria for Alcohol Dependence

• at least 18 years old

• Willing to accept random assignment to treatment conditions

Exclusion Criteria:

• acute medical or psychiatric problems that require inpatient treatment

• reading ability below the fifth grade level

• lack of reliable transportation to the treatment site

• excessive commuting distance to site

• current dependence on drugs (except marijuana)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Dependence
• Alcoholism

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Network Support
12 Weekly sessions intended to help patients change their social networks to be more supportive of abstinence

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. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.75.4.542. — 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		Every 3 months out to 2 years
Secondary	Network Support for Abstinence		every 6 months out to 2 years