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Financially Sustainable Remote Treatment for Alcohol Abuse: Feasibility

NCT04182022 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2023-06-07

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Summary

Directly reinforcing abstinence from alcohol with monetary incentives is an effective treatment for alcohol dependence, but barriers in obtaining frequent, verified biochemical measures of abstinence limit the dissemination of this treatment approach. The goal of this feasibility study is to use a breathalyzer and cost-controlling deposit contracts to facilitate a contingency-management intervention to reduce alcohol use that requires no in-person contact between the participants and the study staff during the intervention phase.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Contingency management: Contingent incentives

Monetary incentives are delivered to participants contingent upon on- time breathalyzer submissions and verified abstinence from alcohol.

BEHAVIORAL

Contingency management: Noncontingent incentives

Monetary incentives are delivered to participants contingent upon on- time breathalyzer submissions only with no contingency on alcohol use.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-01
Primary Completion
2019-07-10
Completion
2019-07-10

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