NCT04943432

Open Trial of a Behavioral Activation Telepsychology Intervention for People Who Inject Drugs

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study has two aims: 1) To examine the feasibility and acceptability of administering a telepsychology Behavioral Activation (BA) treatment for substance use among non-treatment-seeking people who inject drugs (PWID); 2) To test the initial efficacy of the treatment from pretreatment to a 1-month follow-up on substance-related problems, readiness to change drug use, and BA. The intervention is hypothesized to be feasible and well-accepted, and within-subject analyses are hypothesized to demonstrate decreases in substance-related problems and increases in readiness to change drug use and BA from pretreatment to a 1-month follow-up. The study aims to recruit N=25 non-treatment-seeking PWID from a syringe exchange program (estimated treated sample n=15). Participants will receive 8 sessions of BA over 4 weeks, and assessment of study outcome measures will occur at pretreatment, post-treatment, and a one-month follow-up.

Conditions

• Intravenous Drug Usage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Activation	8 sessions of harm reduction-focused Behavioral Activation for Substance Use

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-29
• Primary completion: 2022-05-08
• Completion: 2022-05-08
• First posted: 2021-06-29
• Last updated: 2023-05-30
• Results posted: 2023-05-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States