A Web Application to Reduce Heavy Drinking in First-time DWI Offenders

Heavy Drinking Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Web Application to Reduce Heavy Drinking in First-time DWI Offenders

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02071836
• Other study ID #: NIAAA 2R44020174
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 24, 2014
• Last updated: January 30, 2017
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: August 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2016
• Source: Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall objective of this project is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a web application for first-time DWI offenders that will provide them with an age-appropriate brief motivational intervention (BMI) to motivate them to reduce their drinking and a cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) for to help them achieve and maintain abstinence. The goal is to reduce heavy drinking and consequently the risk for future drunk driving.

The specific objectives of this Phase II are:

• Completing the development of the Right Turns prototype based on feedback from the Phase I pilot study participants. This includes: providing more structure and guidance as participants work in the Tool Box section of the program; simplifying the content of the Tool Box; further R&D in the text messaging feature for 2nd and 3rd tier cellular providers; implement a customized pdf report function for progress reports from the program to users' probation officers (under control of the user); developing a follow-up component and outcome reports; and revising the videos in the Tool Box to reflect greater diversity and a younger population of drinkers.

• Conducting a randomized clinical trial of the program with first time DWI/DUI offenders who are recruited locally, collecting follow-up data, analyzing the data, and reporting the results.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: August 2016
• Est. primary completion date: August 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• be a first-time DWI offender

• have a 5th grade reading level

• has a computer with Internet access at home

• own a cell phone with text messaging

Exclusion Criteria:

• age less than 18

• recent history of uncontrolled psychotic or bipolar behavior

• evidence of significant cognitive impairment from brain dysfunction (e.g., head injury)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Abstinence
• Driving Under the Influence
• Driving While Intoxicated
• Heavy Drinking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Right Turns web application

• Treatment as usual

Locations

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

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quantity/frequency of alcohol use: Form 90	Quantity/frequency of drinking in previous 3 months	3 months
Primary	Inventory of Drug Use Consequences (InDuC)	Quantity/frequency of alcohol and drug related problems in the previous 3 months	3 months
Secondary	Self-efficacy	The Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy scale measures one's confidence in remaining abstinent in various situations.	at enrollment

External Links

•   A web course for first-time DWI/DUI offenders