NCT00561041

Aftercare for Adolescents Treated for Alcohol Abuse and Dependence

Maintenance of Treatment Gains in Adolescents With Alcohol Related Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 177 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) · NIH
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study examines the relative efficacy of two active aftercare interventions (i.e., face-to-face , brief phone) with no-active aftercare for adolescents who completed outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorders(AUD)

Detailed description

In this study 177 adolescents meeting criteria for alcohol use disorders (AUD) received weekly cognitive-behavioral therapy group sessions. 144 completers were randomized into the 3 individual aftercare (AR) conditions noted above. Manualized active interventions were composed of 5 sessions of integrated motivational enhancement and cognitive behavioral therapies. Outcomes assessments were done at end of aftercare, 3-6-and 12 months post AC completion.

Conditions

• Alcohol Use Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Brief phone aftercare intervention	Interventions is composed of 5 integrated cognitive-behavioral and motivational enhancement therapies administered during a period of 3 months according to a similar schedule
BEHAVIORAL	individual aftercare therapy	composed of 5 integrated cognitive-behavioral and motivational enhancement Therapies administered during a period of 3 months according to a similar schedule

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-11-01
• Completion: 2006-11-01
• First posted: 2007-11-20
• Last updated: 2007-11-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States