Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery Study

Alcohol Use Disorder Clinical Trial

— SMART  

Official title:

Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery Involvement and Alcohol Use Outcomes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05756114
• Other study ID #: 2000034747
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2023
• Est. completion date: April 2025

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: Yale University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study identifies whether and how online support groups may work to confer therapeutic benefits onto its participants.

Description:

Online support groups (e.g., SMART Recovery) are an increasingly common non-professional intervention for people who engage in problematic alcohol use, but it is unclear how they help participants reduce their use. The primary objective of this study is to determine whether alcohol use decreases more after attending online SMART Recovery psychoeducational support group meetings, as compared to receiving psychoeducational content alone. The secondary objectives are to identify whether variables such as quality of life and recovery capital (i.e., resources to support recovery from addiction) relate to treatment outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: April 2025
• Est. primary completion date: April 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Is fluent in English and have a 6th grade reading level or higher
• AUDIT score of =8
• Has some desire to cut down or quit their alcohol use
• Has access to a phone or computer with reliable internet connection, a functional microphone and camera
• Is willing to consent to being audio and video recorded during the meetings

Exclusion Criteria:

• Is not able to commit to the 6 weeks of intervention and the one- and three-month follow-up.
• Has vulnerable population status (e.g., pregnant people, prisoners)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcohol Use Disorder
• Alcoholism

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Support Group
Support Group condition, meetings will be held online via HIPAA-compliant Zoom and run by a trained SMART Recovery meeting facilitator

Other:
• Psychoeducational Email
Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale University	Society of Addiction Psychology

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in past-month alcohol use: drinking days	Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) will be used via survey to characterize changes in alcohol and other drug use for study participants. Percent Drinking Days will be derived from self-report on TLFB.	Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Primary	Change in past-month alcohol drug use: heavy drinking days	Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) will be used via survey to characterize changes in alcohol and other drug use for study participants. Percent Heavy Drinking Days will be derived from self-report on TLFB.	Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Secondary	Change in Quality of Life	Quality of life will be assessed using the WHOQOL-BREF via survey; a 26-item self-report measure of quality of life in four domains. Scores range from 1-5. Each domain score is averaged. Higher scores indicate higher quality of life. .	Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Secondary	Change in recovery capital	Recovery capital will be assessed using the Assessment of Recovery Capital via survey; A 50-item self-report measure of recovery capital with ten domains; each item is rated in binary, score ranges from 0-50; higher scores indicate higher recovery capital.	Baseline, 1 month and 3 months