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Network Support for Treatment of Alcohol Dependence

NCT00845208 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 210

Last updated 2023-05-09

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Summary

Relapse is the most serious problem in alcoholism treatment. The overall aim of the present study was to determine if a treatment directed at changing the patient's social network, from one that reinforces drinking behavior to one that reinforces sobriety, can create the conditions necessary for long-term treatment success. In addition, we intended to determine if explicit reinforcement for this change of social network (Contingency Management or ContM) would be more effective than the same network support intervention without contingent reinforcement for change.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Dependence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Network Support

12 Weekly sessions intended to help patients change their social networks to be more supportive of abstinence

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

    collaborator NIH

  • UConn Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark D Litt, PhD · UConn Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2008-02-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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