Clinical trial NCT02674477: Treatment Engagement With Technology-assisted Treatment
Official title: Treatment Engagement With Technology-assisted Treatment
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Alcoholism
Substance-related Disorders
Mentally Ill Chemical Abuse
Educational Technology
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-02-04
Enrollment: 95
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This research is being done to study whether using an Internet-based program, called the Therapeutic Education System (TES), would be helpful for the treatment of substance use and other psychiatric problems.

Detailed description: TES has been shown to be helpful as substance abuse treatment in certain groups of people, mainly in the outpatient setting by using interactive modules for education. This study will expose some participants to this program while participants are hospitalized on an inpatient unit, and give the participants access to it after participants are discharged from the hospital. Those participants will still receive treatment as usual, as will the control group.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* diagnosis of drug or alcohol problem, plus another psychiatric problem, such as depression or anxiety
* drug or alcohol use in the last 30 days
* proficiency in English
* able to consent to study
* willing to engage in outpatient treatment
* willing to allow study team to contact outpatient providers

Exclusion Criteria:

* psychotic symptoms, such as hearing voices
* involuntary admission

Primary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability of Treatment Based on Survey Questionnaire Completed by Participants
timeFrame: prior to discharge from the hospital up to 30 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of Participants Enrolled in Post-discharge Substance Abuse Treatment Appointments 30 Days After Hospital Discharge
timeFrame: 30 days after discharge from the hospital
measure: Number of Participants Enrolled in Post-discharge Treatment for Other Mental Health Appointments 30 Days After Hospital Discharge
timeFrame: 30 days after discharge from the hospital
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Eric Strain, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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citation: Campbell AN, Nunes EV, Matthews AG, Stitzer M, Miele GM, Polsky D, Turrigiano E, Walters S, McClure EA, Kyle TL, Wahle A, Van Veldhuisen P, Goldman B, Babcock D, Stabile PQ, Winhusen T, Ghitza UE. Internet-delivered treatment for substance abuse: a multisite randomized controlled trial. Am J Psychiatry. 2014 Jun;171(6):683-90. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13081055.
citation: Hammond AS, Antoine DG, Stitzer ML, Strain EC. A Randomized and Controlled Acceptability Trial of an Internet-based Therapy among Inpatients with Co-occurring Substance Use and Other Psychiatric Disorders. J Dual Diagn. 2020 Oct;16(4):447-454. doi: 10.1080/15504263.2020.1794094. Epub 2020 Jul 23.