Remote Monitoring and Contingency Management Reinforcement for Alcohol Abstinence

Alcohol Use Clinical Trial

Official title:

Remote Monitoring and Contingency Management Reinforcement for Alcohol Abstinence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01307345
• Other study ID #: 11-058-1
• Secondary ID: P30DA023918
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2011
• Est. completion date: September 2011

Study information

• Verified date: July 2018
• Source: UConn Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This pilot project proposes to monitor real-world alcohol use using a novel technology—cell phone videorecordings in conjunction with breathalyzer recordings—and to conduct a small randomized study of this technology for reinforcing alcohol abstinence. Individuals with frequent alcohol use (N = 30) will be asked to carry a study cell phone plus a handheld breathalyzer for one month. Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: alcohol monitoring or alcohol monitoring plus contingency management. In both conditions, research assistants will telephone participants on their cell phone an average of 10 times per week to request submission of a breathalyzer sample using the video monitoring function on the cell phone. Samples will be time and date stamped, and the video containing the breathalyzer result will be sent to study staff via the cell phone. Participants will be compensated for each video recorded within one hour of receiving the prompt. Participants randomized to the contingency management condition will receive the same alcohol monitoring described above, and they will also receive reinforcement for each alcohol negative breath sample submitted within one hour of the prompt. Data from this pilot project will be useful for (1) determining the feasibility of assessing alcohol use in the natural environment via breathalyzers and cell phone technology, and (2) estimating effect sizes of a CM intervention that reinforces alcohol abstinence using breathalyzers and cell phone technology. In an exploratory manner, we will also evaluate the reliability and validity of the video monitoring procedure and trends toward changes in psychosocial functioning.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: September 2011
• Est. primary completion date: September 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age >21 years

• frequent alcohol use

• willing to use a cell phone and breathalyzer for 28 days

• have a valid photo ID (driver's license, passport, state ID)

• are willing to sign an off-campus property transfer form and return study equipment in four weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

• desire for, or have received, treatment for alcohol use in the past 6 months

• non-English speaking

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Abstinence
• Alcohol Use

Intervention

Behavioral:
• contingency management for abstinence
For each breath sample submitted that reads below the cut point, participants will receive a voucher that can be exchanged for a check or gift card. Amounts earned will increase for each consecutive negative sample submitted, up to a maximum amount.

Locations

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

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
UConn Health	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	proportion of negative breath samples submitted		Week 4