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Employment-based Reinforcement to Motivate Drug Abstinence in the Treatment of Drug Addiction. - 2

NCT00249457 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2017-10-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether long-term exposure to the Therapeutic Workplace intervention could sustain drug abstinence over an extended period of time in heroin- and cocaine-dependent, unemployed, treatment-resistant young mothers.

Conditions

  • Behavior, Addictive
  • Cocaine Abuse
  • Cocaine Dependence
  • Heroin Dependence
  • Opioid Dependence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Contingency management

Invited to attend the Therapeutic Workplace 3 hr per day, Monday through Friday. Each day when a participant reported to the workplace, she was required to provide a urine sample. If the sample tested negative for opiates and cocaine, she was allowed to work that day. Participants who gained entrance to the workplace participated in basic skills education and job skills training throughout each 3-hr work shift.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth Silverman, Ph.D. · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1996-10-31
Primary Completion
2006-01-31
Completion
2006-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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