NCT00685620

Reinforcement-Based Treatment and Abstinence-Contingent Housing for Drug Abusers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 463 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) · NIH
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Purpose of the project is to examine the effectiveness of Reinforcement-Based Treatment (RBT) on drug abuse and psychosocial outcomes of iner city opiate abusers who have recently completed a brief detoxification.

Detailed description

Participants are randomized into one of 3-groups: 1) those receiving intensive behavioral therapy plus abstinence-contingent housing, 2) those receiving recovery housing alone, and 3) those receiving standard care (referrals to community providers). For the two groups receiving recovery housing, rent payment is provided for a period of 3 months, as long as the participant remains drug-free.

Conditions

• Drug Abuse

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Reinforcement Based Treatment	3 group random assignment to receive standard care, recovery housing alone, or recovery housing plus behavioral treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-08-01
• Primary completion: 2007-02-01
• Completion: 2007-02-01
• First posted: 2008-05-28
• Last updated: 2017-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States