protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06302413, orgStudyIdInfo id: 1805574553; Aims 9-10, secondaryIdInfos id: 1R01AA029396-01, type: NIH, link: https://reporter.nih.gov/quickSearch/1R01AA029396-01, briefTitle: Enhancing Prospective Thinking in Early Recovery, acronym: HOME, statusModule overallStatus: RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-02-15, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2027-07-31, completionDateStruct date: 2027-07-31, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-03-08, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-03-08, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: Indiana University, class: OTHER, collaborators name: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), descriptionModule briefSummary: The goal of this clinical trial is to use a novel virtual reality intervention to test for efficacy in reducing alcohol use and increasing abstinence, with concomitant increases in future self-identification, future time perspective, and delay-of-reward, in early recovering alcohol use disorder (AUD) persons. The main question\[s\] this trial aims to answer are:Will the Virtual Reality (VR) intervention decrease the number of stimulant use days? Will the VR intervention produce longer abstinence periods during follow-up visits? Will the VR intervention increase alcohol abstinence rates? Will the VR intervention increase future self-identification? Will the VR intervention increase self-reported future time perspective? Will the VR intervention increase preference for delayed rewards in a laboratory delay discounting task on the study day? Will the VR intervention produce gains in the behavioral effects of future self-identification, future time perspective, and delayed rewards at the 30-day and 6-month follow-ups? Researchers will compare the experimental and control groups to see if there are differences in the results for the questions outlined above., conditionsModule conditions: Alcohol Use Disorder, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo allocation: RANDOMIZED, interventionModel: PARALLEL, primaryPurpose: BASIC_SCIENCE, maskingInfo masking: SINGLE, maskingDescription: All study participants are randomly assigned to a group prior to study enrollment. Participants will not be made aware of their group assignment., whoMasked: PARTICIPANT, enrollmentInfo count: 500, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Virtual Reality, interventions name: Virtual Reality, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Reduced Use of Drug Using Days, primaryOutcomes measure: Increased Length of Abstinence, primaryOutcomes measure: Increased (overall) Abstinence, primaryOutcomes measure: Future Self-identification with Future Self Continuity Questionnaire, primaryOutcomes measure: Future Time Perspective with the Delayed Discounting Behavioral Task and Future Self Continuity Questionnaire, primaryOutcomes measure: Delayed Reward Preference with the Delayed Discounting Behavioral Task, eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 18 Years, maximumAge: 60 Years, stdAges: ADULT, contactsLocationsModule locations facility: Indiana University School of Medicine - Goodman Hal, status: RECRUITING, city: Indianapolis, state: Indiana, zip: 46202, country: United States, contacts name: Sarah Turo, BA, role: CONTACT, phone: 317-963-7220, email: sturo@iu.edu, contacts name: Brandon G Oberlin, PhD, role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, geoPoint lat: 39.76838, lon: -86.15804, hasResults: False