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First Step Program for Substance Use Disorders

NCT07658963 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2026-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study examines whether a newly developed four-session psychosocial treatment program, called the First Step Program, can be delivered in real-world hospital settings to people receiving inpatient care for substance use disorders in Korea, and whether it shows early signs of benefit. The program combines motivational interviewing, acceptance and commitment therapy, and group activities, and is delivered twice a week over about two weeks (four 50-minute sessions). About 20 adults will take part at two psychiatric hospitals.

Participants complete brief questionnaires and a short interview about their motivation to change, craving, engagement in valued living, and social support before the program, immediately before and after each session, within one week after the program ends, and again at 1 month and 3 months after completion. After the program, some participants also join a small group discussion (focus group interview) to share their experience of the program.

Because this is a small, single-group preliminary (pilot) study without a comparison group, its primary purpose is to assess feasibility, that is, whether the program and the assessment approach work well enough, and to obtain preliminary effect and variability estimates to inform the design of a future large-scale randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

  • Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

First Step Program

Four 50-minute group sessions delivered twice weekly over approximately two weeks. Session 1: treatment, choice, and personal values. Session 2: understanding the function of substance use and exploring alternative behaviors. Session 3: addressing ambivalence and recovery-supporting relationships. Session 4: charting a recovery direction and declaring a personal recovery plan. Core techniques are motivational interviewing, acceptance and commitment therapy, and group therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Catholic University of Korea

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hae Kook Lee, MD, PhD · The Catholic University of Korea

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-06-22
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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