Brief Interventions for Drop-Out re-Engagement

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We will evaluate a series of interventions intended to help individuals who drop out of substance abuse treatment re-engage in order to improve treatment outcome...

Brief Summary

Official Title: “Adaptive Brief Interventions for Drop-Out re-Engagement”

We will evaluate a series of interventions intended to help individuals who drop out of substance abuse treatment re-engage in order to improve treatment outcome.

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind

Detailed Clinical Trial Description

We propose a 5-year Stage I behavioral therapy development study to: 1) prospectively evaluate risk factors for premature drop-out from outpatient treatment; 2) develop and test a manual of single session phone-and office-based interventions to re-engage these individual in treatment.

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Behavioral: brief (behavioral therapy)

Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial

Primary Measures

  • retention into outpatient treatment

Secondary Measures

  • substance abuse
  • psychiatric symptons

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria:

  • admission to outpatient treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • need for hospitalization

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: 65 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Clinical Trial Investigator Information

Lead Investigator: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) NIH

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Sam Ball, PhD Principal Investigator Yale School of Medicine  

Overall Contact: Rebekka Palmer, PhD 203-781-2777 rebekka.palmer@yale.edu

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on February 12, 2012

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00350571

Study ID Number: 101010101

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00350571

Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

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