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The Effect of a Contingency Management Intervention on Substance Use

NCT00252512 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 332

Last updated 2018-08-16

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Summary

Contingency management interventions involve providing a tangible reward for progress toward treatment goals. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a contingency management intervention added to usual care leads to improved attendance and decreased substance use in patients attending outpatient substance use disorders treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Contingency Management

Participants complete urine and breath screens 2 times per week for 8 weeks. If urine and breath screens are both negative, the participant receives a chance to draw tokens from a bowl. Some tokens are social reinforcement (Good Job!). Other have monetary value.

OTHER

Placebo

Participants complete urine and breath screens 2 times per week for 8 weeks with no reinforcement for negative results.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Hildi J. Hagedorn, PhD · Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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