Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04182022
Financially Sustainable Remote Treatment for Alcohol Abuse: Feasibility
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 92 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 90 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Directly reinforcing abstinence from alcohol with monetary incentives is an effective treatment for alcohol dependence, but barriers in obtaining frequent, verified biochemical measures of abstinence limit the dissemination of this treatment approach. The goal of this feasibility study is to use a breathalyzer and cost-controlling deposit contracts to facilitate a contingency-management intervention to reduce alcohol use that requires no in-person contact between the participants and the study staff during the intervention phase.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Contingency management: Contingent incentives | Monetary incentives are delivered to participants contingent upon on- time breathalyzer submissions and verified abstinence from alcohol. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Contingency management: Noncontingent incentives | Monetary incentives are delivered to participants contingent upon on- time breathalyzer submissions only with no contingency on alcohol use. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-07-10
- Completion
- 2019-07-10
- First posted
- 2019-12-02
- Last updated
- 2023-06-07
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04182022. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.