Clinical Trials Logo

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a brief intervention for the reduction of alcohol use among risky alcohol users in primary care delivered by paramedics. Half of the participants will receive a brief intervention and half will receive written guidelines on safe alcohol use.


Clinical Trial Description

Randomized controlled trial with a pragmatic emphasis undertaken in real world primary care.

The brief intervention has been designed and piloted by the mental health team at the Chilean ministry of health, as also the written support material. This intervention is the same that is being implemented national wide.

The implementation will include training of the paramedics, and then an accreditation session with a simulated participant in a double sided mirror.

Randomization will take place on site using a opaque envelope. The sequence will be keep on site in a secured box.

Data will be registered by the same person delivering the intervention and kept safe at the clinical sites. Once a month the data will be physically transferred to the operational center at the San Joaquin site of the Catholic University of Chile.

Bimonthly visits will be performed to the centers by a member of the team to assure that the protocol is being followed and data audit.

The participants will receive an economical incentive for the follow up visit. Participants will be reached throw telephone at least twice to schedule that visit. If not possible, a telephonic outcome assessment or a domiciliary visit will be performed to minimize the lost in follow up. ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT02642757
Study type Interventional
Source Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date December 15, 2015
Completion date July 30, 2017

See also
  Status Clinical Trial Phase
Recruiting NCT05414344 - A Brief Intervention for Alcohol Users With Interpersonal Trauma N/A
Completed NCT05521906 - Evaluation of PRYSHM for LGBTQIA2S+ Youth N/A
Not yet recruiting NCT04786587 - Alcohol Self-reporting During Pregnancy. AUTOQUEST Study.
Withdrawn NCT04659278 - Endourage Complete Spectrum Oral Mucosal Drops (OMD) in Adults Desiring a Reduction in Ethanol Use N/A
Not yet recruiting NCT03632408 - Hangover and Residual Zopiclone Effect on Spatial Perception Phase 1
Completed NCT02718508 - An e-Parenting Skills Intervention to Decrease Injured Adolescents' Alcohol Use N/A
Active, not recruiting NCT02629679 - Sports, Education and Consumption of Substances in Adolescents N/A
Completed NCT02945371 - Tailored Inhibitory Control Training to Reverse EA-linked Deficits in Mid-life N/A
Completed NCT01553136 - Varenicline Treatment of Alcohol Dependence in Smokers Phase 2
Completed NCT01442753 - Family-Skills Training to Prevent Tobacco and Other Substance Use in Latino Youth N/A
Completed NCT01081119 - Brief Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Intervention for Middle School Youth Phase 2
Completed NCT00289965 - Substance Use Risk Education (SURE) Project Phase 2
Completed NCT04510116 - Adults In The Making Prevention Trial N/A
Completed NCT00506753 - Motivation and Skills for Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol/Ethanol (THC/ETOH+) Teens in Jail N/A
Recruiting NCT05288790 - Microbiome Metabolites and Alcohol in HIV to Reduce CVD RCT Phase 2
Recruiting NCT05620849 - Young Adult Education on Alcohol & Health N/A
Recruiting NCT04054466 - Nursing Counseling to the Change of Behavior of Alcohol Consumption in Patients in HAART N/A
Recruiting NCT03588754 - Does Propranolol, a Beta Blocker, Attenuate Stress-Induced Drinking? Phase 2
Recruiting NCT06074341 - TeleHealth Resources for IndiVidualizEd Goals (THRIVE) in Alcohol Recovery Study N/A
Terminated NCT04596267 - Pitolisant Effects on Alcohol Self-Administration in Heavy Drinkers Phase 1