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Personalized Approach to Healthy Use and Recovery (PATH) Trial

NCT06580457 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2026-01-15

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Summary

An important part of substance use treatment for many people is learning what triggers their substance use and urges, and how they can better manage those triggers. In this study, the investigators will generate a model for each individual that shows likely causal links between their substance use, urges, and comorbid symptoms (e.g., anxiety, depression, and PTSD), and the investigators will examine these models as a group to draw conclusions about common causes for substance use (and recovery) among Veterans with substance use disorders. The investigators will also test whether receiving a personal model and clinical feedback improves substance use disorder and comorbid symptom outcomes. Results will include both patient-reported and statistically-determined causes of substance use for individuals and groups, clinical impact of a personalized model and feedback session, and participant feedback about the relevance of this study and intervention.

Conditions

  • Substance Use Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Personal Causal Model + Personalized Feedback

Receive a personal causal model of one's personalized causes of substance use/urges, along with a 1-hour, live clinical feedback session to suggest how to apply these insights to one's own recovery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Emory University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Minnesota

    collaborator OTHER

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Brittany Stevenson, 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
2025-10-01
Primary Completion
2029-10-01
Completion
2030-03-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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