NCT04182022

Financially Sustainable Remote Treatment for Alcohol Abuse: Feasibility

Completed NA Last updated 7 June 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Contingency management: Contingent incentives in Alcohol Use Disorder in 92 participants. Completed in 10 July 2019.

Timeline

1 December 2016

Primary endpoint
10 July 2019

10 July 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	92
Start date	1 December 2016
Primary completion	10 July 2019
Estimated completion	10 July 2019

Drugs / interventions tested

• Contingency management: Contingent incentives
• Contingency management: Noncontingent incentives

Conditions studied

• Alcohol Use Disorder — all drugs for Alcohol Use Disorder →

Sponsor

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 90, any sex, with Alcohol Use Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

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.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Remotely administered incentive-based treatment for alcohol use disorder with participant-funded incentives is effective but less accessible to low-income participants.
   Koffarnus MN, Kablinger AS, Kaplan BA, Crill EM. · · 2021 · cited 16× · PMID 34110885 · DOI 10.1037/pha0000503