Long-term Behavior Change - 1

Amphetamine-related Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title: Behavior Change: Reinforcement Schedule Effects

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if different reinforcement procedures (i.e., schedules) produce different patterns of long-term abstinence from methamphetamine. We anticipate that the three contingency management conditions will promote longer periods of abstinence in the year following treatment relative to the standard control group. Furthermore, we predict that the intermittent reinforcement procedures will produce longer periods of continued abstinence (i.e., long-term behavior change) in the year following treatment than the continuous reinforcement procedure. Finally, we predict that the intermittent unpredictable schedule will produce longer lasting behavior change than the intermittent predictable schedule. Methamphetamine use will be measured using urine toxicology and self-report of methamphetamine use.

Clinical Trial Description

Briefly the four study conditions are: (1) standard treatment which consists of 16 weeks of psychosocial treatment, (2) continuous contingency management which consists of 16 weeks of psychosocial treatment with a contingency management procedure in effect during the first twelve weeks in which vouchers are made available after each provision of a methamphetamine-negative urine test, (3) intermittent predictable contingency management which consists of 16 weeks of psychosocial treatment with a contingency management procedure in effect during the first twelve weeks in which vouchers are available after the provision of every three consecutive methamphetamine-negative urine samples, and (4) intermittent unpredictable contingency management which consists of 16 weeks of psychosocial treatment with a contingency management procedure in effect during the first twelve weeks in which vouchers are available on one day each week (randomly selected after the first week) for the provision of methamphetamine-negative urine samples provided all urine samples since delivery of the last reinforcer were also methamphetamine negative. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Amphetamine-related Disorders

• NCT number: NCT00158197
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Friends Research Institute, Inc.
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2004
• Completion date: June 2008