NCT03538548

Treatment Outcome in CBT for Cocaine Use

Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Cocaine Use

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: New York State Psychiatric Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cognitive-behavioral treatments for cocaine abuse could be improved by an increased understanding of factors that predict treatment outcomes. The objective of this protocol is to conduct a study examining the impact of client characteristics on the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy for cocaine abuse.

Detailed description

Study investigators will recruit treatment-seeking cocaine users (n = 100) from a separate protocol (#6912) who will receive a standard 12-week course of cognitive behavioral therapy for relapse prevention. Using a variety of self-report questionnaires and computer-based tasks, three major domains will be assessed and evaluated as predictors of treatment outcome: (1) impulsivity, (2) motivation to change, and (3) learning style. Measures of these factors will have been obtained in the #6912 protocol. A better understanding of the impact of impulsivity, motivation to change, and learning style on treatment outcome will provide critical information to guide the refinement of CBT for cocaine abuse. For example, the results of this study may help guide the development and introduction of more targeted cognitive remedial strategies or behavioral training components into the framework of evidenced-based practices. These additions may help ameliorate the deleterious effects of specific participant characteristics on the acquisition and implementation of coping skills, which can further improve the efficacy of CBT.

Conditions

• Cocaine Use Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	CBT-RP	CBT-RP is a time-limited, manual guided intervention that aims to develop behavioral and cognitive skills needed to initiate abstinence and prevent relapse. The treatment will help individuals analyze the decision making process to minimize the influence of more immediate reinforcement, develop cognitive strategies to promote the attainment of longer-term goals, practice behavioral strategies to reduce the influence of socially mediated threats to abstinence, and outline explicit plans for managing situations that threaten their goal of abstinence.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-30
• Primary completion: 2021-07-31
• Completion: 2021-07-31
• First posted: 2018-05-29
• Last updated: 2021-09-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States