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Using Telephone Technology to Prevent Relapse After Alcoholism Treatment

NCT00132795 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 158

Last updated 2012-06-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a telephone based self-help program will prevent relapse among individuals undergoing standard substance abuse treatment.

Conditions

  • Alcoholism

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Daily monitoring of alcohol & drug use, & therapy skills

Comparison(s): patients completing group CBT for substance abuse will be randomly assigned to two conditions. In one condition, patients will have unlimited access to the therapeutic telephone system for 4 months. The other condition is standard care (i.e., no formal relapse prevention).

BEHAVIORAL

control group

standard care (no added treatment)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Vermont

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John E. Helzer, MD · University of Vermont

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2010-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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