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Couples Therapy for Alcoholic Patients

NCT01659957 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 285

Last updated 2015-03-23

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Summary

In treating alcoholism, many studies show Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) is more effective than typical counseling, but BCT is not widely used because standard BCT delivered one couple at a time is costly to deliver and does not fit with the primary group therapy focus of most community clinics. The proposed study will test with married or cohabiting alcoholic patients whether a group format for BCT will produce similar positive outcomes as standard BCT, and deliver these results at a lower cost. If outcomes are favorable, this could prompt clinics to start using group BCT and improve outcomes for alcoholic patients and their families.

Conditions

  • Alcoholism

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Group Couples Counseling

BEHAVIORAL

One-on-One Couples Counseling

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Timothy J O'Farrell, PhD · Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2014-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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