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NCT Number: NCT01129804

Network Support for Alcohol Treatment 2

The Network Support project is part of an ongoing effort to improve treatment for alcohol dependent patients. The Network Support Project is designed to help patients change their social network from one that reinforces drinking behavior to one that reinforces sobriety.

160 patients will be assigned to one of two treatments. Each of the treatments will last 12 weeks. The first is a Network Support (NS) treatment designed to help patients develop new acquaintances and social networks. It is expected that alcohol dependent patients will benefit from increasing their contact with non-drinking people. This NS condition will be compared to a packaged CBT program for alcoholics (PCBT) that is designed to teach a number of skills to help people stop drinking, but does not address social networks per se.

In order to better understand what is happening to the investigators patients, the investigators will be using daily computerized telephone calls to ask about people's experiences. This will be done both before and after treatment. Patients will also be asked to participate in follow-up interviews every 3 months for 2 years following the end of treatment.

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Key information

Conditions

Alcohol Consumption Alcohol Drinking Alcohol-Related Disorders Alcoholism Behavior Chemically-Induced Disorders Drinking Behavior Mental Disorders Substance-Related Disorders

Age range

18 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington, Connecticut, 06030, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 yo
  • meets Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for alcohol dependence

Exclusion criteria

  • acute medical or psychiatric problems that require inpatient treatment (e.g., acute psychosis, or suicide/homicide risk)
  • reading ability below the fifth grade level
  • lack of reliable transportation to the treatment site, or excessive commuting distance
  • inability to understand English

Treatment and study plan

Coping Skills Training

Behavioral

Patients in both treatments will be taught skills to help them keep from drinking.

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion Days Abstinent (PDA)

    Time frame: Every 3 months out to 2 years

    PDA is based on data collected in each 90-day timeline follow-back assessment of daily drinking. PDA is calculated as the number of days out of 90 in which the patient reported 0 drinks.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Social Network Change

    Time frame: assessed every 6 months out to 2 years, mean change over 2 years reported

    Network Support for Abstinence. Minimum score=0; Maximum score =1. Higher scores indicate greater support for abstinence.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

UConn Health

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Registry information

Official study title

Network Support for Alcohol Treatment: Mechanisms and Effectiveness

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2016
First posted
May 25, 2010
Registry last updated
Nov 2, 2021

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