Clinical Trials Logo

Clinical Trial Summary

VA investigators have described greater substance use at the beginning of the month when disability and other monthly checks are received. The proposed research addresses an important VA priority�seeing that veterans� funds are spent to improve veterans� quality of life and are not misspent on substances of abuse.


Clinical Trial Description

Background:

VA investigators have described greater substance use at the beginning of the month when disability and other monthly checks are received. The proposed research addresses an important VA priority�seeing that veterans� funds are spent to improve veterans� quality of life and are not misspent on substances of abuse.

Objectives:

The objective was to determine the effectiveness of a money management-based therapy called ATM for veterans who abuse cocaine or alcohol compared to a financial advice control condition.

Methods:

Veterans were randomly assigned to 36-weeks of ATM or to the control condition, financial advice. ATM (Adviser-Teller Money Manager) involves meeting with a money manager at least weekly. The money manager performs three functions�limiting patients� access to funds by storing checkbooks and ATM cards, training patients to budget their funds, and linking spending to treatment goals. The control condition involved listing income and expenses in a workbook. Veterans were enrolled from each of two sites if they had spent at least $100 in the preceding 90 days on alcohol or cocaine, and had at least $300 per month income. Measures of treatment fidelity and participation included number of visits attended, whether funds were stored, monthly income and expenses and Likert-scaled ratings from 1-4 of money management-related outcomes. Outcome measures collected included urine toxicology tests and breathalyzers, self-reported substance use as assessed by the ASI follow-up, and secondary measures including quality of life and psychiatric symptomatology.

Status:

Data analysis is ongoing. Attempts are being made to (a) disseminate ATM and assess its effect among homeless women veterans (b) determine the reliability and validity of money management-based assessments used to determine which veterans are capable of managing their funds (c) optimize funds management by disabled veterans. ;


Study Design

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


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT00105768
Study type Interventional
Source VA Office of Research and Development
Contact
Status Completed
Phase Phase 1/Phase 2
Start date July 2002
Completion date October 2005

See also
  Status Clinical Trial Phase
Active, not recruiting NCT04070521 - EEG Monitoring in the Emergency Department
Completed NCT00729391 - Women-Focused HIV Prevention in the Western Cape Phase 2/Phase 3
Active, not recruiting NCT03129334 - Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse in Middle School Students N/A
Completed NCT02733003 - Implementation Research for Vulnerable Women in South Africa N/A
Completed NCT02282306 - Phone Interview to Prevent Recurring Opioid Overdoses N/A
Completed NCT02573948 - Feasibility of Interventions on People Who Inject Drugs in Vietnam
Withdrawn NCT01523444 - Advancing Adolescent Screening and Brief Intervention Protocols in Primary Care Settings Phase 3
Withdrawn NCT01847300 - cSBI-M for Young Military Personnel N/A
Completed NCT01481428 - Reducing High Risk Behavior in Treatment Court Phase 1
Completed NCT01591239 - Home-Based Program to Help Parents of Drug Abusing Adolescents N/A
Completed NCT01601743 - Exercise as a Behavioral Treatment for Cocaine Dependence N/A
Active, not recruiting NCT00847548 - Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Abuse in a Forensic Setting N/A
Completed NCT01614015 - Building Outcomes With Observation-Based Supervision: An FFT Effectiveness Trial Phase 2
Withdrawn NCT01228890 - Primary Care Internet-Based Depression Prevention for Adolescents (CATCH-IT) Phase 3
Completed NCT01621334 - The Men's Domestic Abuse Check-Up Engages Adult Men Concerned About Their Abusive Behavior and Alcohol or Drug Use Phase 1
Completed NCT00717444 - Healthy Activities for Prize Incentives N/A
Completed NCT00841711 - Transitions: Linkages From Jail To Community N/A
Completed NCT01465490 - Monitoring and Feedback in Substance Abuse Treatment Phase 1/Phase 2
Completed NCT00685074 - Computer-based Brief Intervention for Perinatal Substance Abuse Phase 1/Phase 2
Completed NCT01188434 - Integrating Interventions for Maternal Substance Abuse Phase 1