NCT02986776

Treatment Settings for Those With an Alcohol Problem

Treatment Settings for Alcoholics: A Field Extension

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 176 (actual)
• Sponsor: State University of New York at Buffalo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A prior study in a tightly controlled clinical research environment found individuals with an alcohol use disorder (AUD) benefited more from inpatient (IP) than outpatient (OP) care, if they presented with high alcohol involvement and/or low cognitive functioning. This study sought to: (a) validate and extend these findings within the uncontrolled environment of a community-based treatment center, and (b) test whether inpatients had fewer days of involuntary abstinence (e.g., incarcerations) relative to outpatients. Based on their need for inpatient treatment, using prior cut-points for alcohol involvement and cognitive functioning, participants were randomly assigned within inpatient need group (No Need for IP; Needs IP) to either 21-days of inpatient substance misuse treatment or 21-days of outpatient treatment, all followed by 6 months of continuing outpatient care. Follow-up were conducted an 90-day intervals across 18 months.

Conditions

• Alcohol Abuse
• Alcohol-dependence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Inpatient Care	21 days of inpatient substance misuse treatment
BEHAVIORAL	Outpatient Care	21 days of outpatient substance misuse treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-08-01
• Primary completion: 2008-04-01
• Completion: 2008-04-01
• First posted: 2016-12-08
• Last updated: 2020-10-12