Trial Outcomes & Findings for Social Support Intervention for Addiction Recovery (NCT NCT06022107)

NCT ID: NCT06022107

Last Updated: 2025-11-05

Results Overview

Feasibility of recruitment is measured as the number of adults who consent to study participation divided by the number of months the trial recruits for.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

30 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Baseline

Results posted on

2025-11-05

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
LDART
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Overall Study
STARTED
30
Overall Study
COMPLETED
23
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
7

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
LDART
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Overall Study
Did not complete baseline questionnaire / did not begin using intervention
4
Overall Study
Dropped out of study for higher level of care
1
Overall Study
Lost to Follow-up
2

Baseline Characteristics

Social Support Intervention for Addiction Recovery

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
LDART
n=26 Participants
Participants will be asked to log onto the LDART website each night for a month. LDART: LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Age, Continuous
44.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.6 • n=15 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
14 Participants
n=15 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
12 Participants
n=15 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
2 Participants
n=15 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
24 Participants
n=15 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants
n=15 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
6 Participants
n=15 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
18 Participants
n=15 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
n=15 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
26 Participants
n=15 Participants
Past-year AUDIT score
22.7 units on a scale
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.7 • n=15 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Baseline

Feasibility of recruitment is measured as the number of adults who consent to study participation divided by the number of months the trial recruits for.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LDART
n=30 Participants
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Recruitment Feasibility
10 participants per month

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: One-month post-intervention (Day 56)

Population: Retention feasibility was calculated as the number of participants who completed the study (i.e., completed the one-month post-intervention assessment) divided by the number of participants who enrolled in the study.

Retention rate is calculated as the number of participants who complete the study divided by the number of participants who consented to participating in the study.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LDART
n=30 Participants
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Retention Feasibility
23 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Duration of intervention (Days 1-28)

Population: The one participants who dropped out mid-intervention for higher level of care was excluded from analysis.

Acceptability is calculated as the number of nights participants login to LDART within the 28-day window.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LDART
n=25 Participants
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Intervention Acceptability (Engagement With Intervention)
22.9 nights
Standard Deviation 4.3

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Post-intervention (Day 28)

Population: Of the 25 participants who completed the intervention, 3 did not complete the acceptability ratings, and 1 participant skipped this question.

Acceptability is measured with a 9-item self-report acceptability assessment questionnaire. This comprises questions regarding the motivational and supportive properties of the content, perceptions on the frequency of engaging with the intervention, and whether they enjoyed using the intervention. Each question is rated on a 5-point Likert scale, where higher values indicate greater acceptability. There will also be two open-ended questions for participants to indicate what they liked and did not like about the intervention and ways to improve it. Data reported here reflects percentage of participants who answered "agree" or "strongly agree" to the question: "I would recommend LDART to someone trying to cut down or quit drinking".

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LDART
n=21 Participants
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Intervention Acceptability (Subjective Experience)
18 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention)

Population: 2 of the 25 participants did not have data at the third time point (one month post-intervention) so were excluded from analyses.

Timeline Follow Back is a validated, self-reported instrument that provides specific dates for alcohol use in the past 28 days, and the number of standard drinks consumed on each drinking day. Percent Drinking Days Per Month is calculated as the percentage of days in the 28-day window in which one or more standard drinks is consumed for two consecutive windows.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LDART
n=23 Participants
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Percentage of Drinking Days Per Month
Pre-intervention
61.3 Percentage of days in a month
Standard Deviation 31.2
Percentage of Drinking Days Per Month
During intervention
45.2 Percentage of days in a month
Standard Deviation 34.6
Percentage of Drinking Days Per Month
Post-intervention
42.6 Percentage of days in a month
Standard Deviation 34.2

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention)

Population: 2 of the 25 participants did not have data at the third time point (one month post-intervention) so were excluded from analyses.

Percent Heavy Drinking Days is calculated from the Timeline Follow Back instrument as the number of days in the 28-day window in which four/five or more standard drinks is consumed for women/men for two consecutive windows.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LDART
n=23 Participants
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Percentage of Heavy Drinking Days Per Month
Post-intervention
17.9 Percentage of days in a month
Standard Deviation 23.2
Percentage of Heavy Drinking Days Per Month
Pre-intervention
27.1 Percentage of days in a month
Standard Deviation 30.0
Percentage of Heavy Drinking Days Per Month
During intervention
17.1 Percentage of days in a month
Standard Deviation 22.5

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention)

Population: 2 of the 25 participants did not have data at the third time point (one month post-intervention) so were excluded from analyses.

Self-reported total number of hours spent engaging in recovery support services (e.g., being at a recovery community center, attending a support group meeting) in the past 28-day time window for two consecutive windows.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LDART
n=23 Participants
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Hours Spent Engaging With Recovery Support Services
Pre-intervention
2.4 hours in a month
Standard Deviation 5.5
Hours Spent Engaging With Recovery Support Services
During intervention
10.8 hours in a month
Standard Deviation 25.4
Hours Spent Engaging With Recovery Support Services
Post-intervention
7.6 hours in a month
Standard Deviation 12.7

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention)

Population: 2 of the 25 participants did not have data at the second time point (post-intervention); 1 of the 25 participants did not have data at the third time point (one month post-intervention), and 1 of the participants did not have data at either the second or third time point.

World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) is a questionnaire with 24 items that correspond to four domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. Each question is rated on a five-point Likert scale. Each domain score is transformed based on the lowest possible score to create a modified range of 0-100 for each domain. All four domain scores are then averaged to create a single score on a range of 0-100, where higher values indicate higher quality of life.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LDART
n=21 Participants
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief Version
Pre-intervention
57.1 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.3
World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief Version
Post-intervention
60.7 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.4
World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief Version
1-month post-intervention
60.1 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.7

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention)

Population: 2 of the 25 participants did not have data at the second time point (post-intervention); 1 of the 25 participants did not have data at the third time point (one month post-intervention), and 1 of the participants did not have data at either the second or third time point.

Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital (BARC) is a 10-item self-report measure of recovery capital with ten domains (substance use and sobriety, global psychological health, global physical health, citizenship and community involvement, social support, meaningful activities, housing and safety, risk-taking, coping and life functioning, recovery experience). Total score ranges from 0-50, where higher values indicate higher recovery capital.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LDART
n=21 Participants
LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.
Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital
Pre-intervention
43.9 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 8.0
Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital
Post intervention
46.9 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 9.2
Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital
1-month post-intervention
45.3 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 7.9

Adverse Events

LDART

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Li Yan McCurdy, PhD

Yale University

Phone: 2037372912

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place