NCT03273283: PPAU

Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Specialized Brief Intervention for Hazardous Drinkers in an Emergency Department.

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 15 May 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Brief Intervention in Alcohol Drinking in 200 participants. Completed in 1 May 2018.

Timeline

1 June 2016

Primary endpoint
28 February 2018

1 May 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	200
Start date	1 June 2016
Primary completion	28 February 2018
Estimated completion	1 May 2018

Drugs / interventions tested

• Brief Intervention

Conditions studied

• Alcohol Drinking — all drugs for Alcohol Drinking →

Sponsor

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Alcohol Drinking. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Proportion of Risky Drinkers Measured by AUDIT-C Primary · 6 weeks

We assessed participants with AUDIT-C (a tool to assess alcohol consumption). Main outcome 1 is the proportion of patients who score more than 6 i men and 5 in women in this scale. AUDIT-C is the short version of the AUDIT scale (Alcohol use disorders identification test). Consists of a three items scale ( frequency of alcohol consumption, amount of alcohol units per day of consumption and frequency of binge drinking), and ranges from 0 (abstinence) to 12 (very high alcohol use). The higher the score is, the more important the alcohol use is, and more risk of presenting an alcohol use disorde

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention	20
Control	39

Proportion of Patients Attending to Specialized Treatment Primary · 6 weeks

Proportion of patients that initate specialized treatment to reduce alcohol use

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention	17
Control	8

Sponsor's own description

Alcohol use and its consequences represent an important public health problem. As well as alcohol dependence, hazardous drinking also contributes to a high burden in terms of morbidity and mortality. To improve these patients' prognosis and decrease associated social and health care costs, it is necessary to increase early detection, intervention and treatment for these problems. For these reasons, SBIRT programmes (Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment) have been developed, evaluated and shown to be effective, particularly in primary care and general practice. Nevertheless, effectiveness of SBIRT in emergency departments (ED) has not been clearly established.

The investigators aimed to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of an SBIRT programme in the ED of a tertiary hospital.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.