A Web App for Patients With Alcohol and Drug Use Problems in Primary Care

Alcohol Abuse Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Web App for Patients With Alcohol and Drug Use Problems in Primary Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01830114
• Other study ID #: CheckupAndChoicesPilot
• Secondary ID: 1R43AA022024-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 8, 2013
• Last updated: June 13, 2013
• Start date: April 2013
• Est. completion date: June 2013

Study information

• Verified date: June 2013
• Source: Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review BoardUnited States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and technical merit of a web application for patients in primary care called Check-up and Choices (CC).

Description:

The overall objective of this project is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a web application called Check-up and Choices (CC). CC will be developed for use in primary care. It would tightly integrate screening for heavy drinking and drug use, a brief motivational intervention for hazardous or heavy drinkers, a moderation training protocol for less dependent problem drinkers, and an abstinence-oriented protocol for more dependent drinkers and drug abusers. The brief motivational intervention will be tailored to the patient's age. Its purpose will be to motivate problem drinkers to change their drinking. The action-oriented moderation and abstinence protocols are cognitive-behavioral interventions (CBIs) that provide patients with the skills to maximize their chances of success with changing their drinking and/or drug use.

The investigators have already developed these elements but they are not integrated into a single program with appropriate branching between them. Nor has the content been tailored for use in primary care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: June 2013
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 21 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• physicians,

• nurses,

• nurse practitioners,

• physician's assistants,

• psychologists embedded in primary care settings, and

• other mental health counselors embedded in primary care settings.

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Abuse
• Drug Abuse

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Web app
The Checkup and Choices web application

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Behavior Therapy Associates, LLC	Albuquerque	New Mexico

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Feasibility Questionnaire	A 17 item questionnaire that asks about the feasibility of using the web app with patients in primary care and the app's technical merit.	Within 1 month of enrollment with an expected average of 1 week..	No