Clinical trial NCT06022107: Social Support Intervention for Addiction Recovery
Official title: Piloting a Novel Social Support Intervention for Addiction Recovery
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Alcohol; Harmful Use
Alcohol
Lead sponsor: Yale University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Society of Addiction Psychology
First posted: 2023-09-01
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this research study is to determine whether using a web-based intervention is feasible, acceptable, and helpful for people who engage in hazardous alcohol use and want to cut down or quit.

Detailed description: This pilot study will determine the feasibility and acceptability of a novel online social support intervention (Let's Do Addiction Recovery Together!, abbreviated as LDART) that uses pre-recorded videos created by members of recovery support services to help individuals in early recovery from hazardous alcohol use sustain motivation during recovery and introduce them to freely available recovery support services in the community. The investigators will recruit participants to use the web-based intervention daily for a month; they will also fill in questionnaires about their substance use and engagement with recovery support services at the beginning and end of the study to determine preliminary efficacy.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older
* Is at the time of study participation residing in Connecticut, USA
* Is fluent in English and has a 6th grade reading level or higher
* Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score of ≥8
* Has had at least one heavy drinking day in the past month
* Has some desire to cut down or quit their alcohol use
* Has a smartphone or computer with access to internet

Exclusion Criteria:

* Has vulnerable population status (e.g., pregnant people, prisoners)
* Is at the time of study participation receiving in-patient psychiatric treatment involving hospitalization

Primary outcomes:
measure: Recruitment feasibility
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Retention feasibility
timeFrame: One-month post-intervention (Day 56)
measure: Intervention acceptability (engagement with intervention)
timeFrame: Duration of intervention (Days 1-28)
measure: Intervention acceptability (subjective experience)
timeFrame: Post-intervention (Day 28)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in Percent Drinking Days
timeFrame: Day 0, 28, and 56
measure: Change from Baseline in Percent Heavy Drinking Days
timeFrame: Day 0, 28, and 56
measure: Change from Baseline in Hours Spent Engaging with Recovery Support Services
timeFrame: Day 0, 28, and 56
measure: Change from Baseline in Quality of Life
timeFrame: Day 0, 28, and 56
measure: Change from Baseline in Recovery Capital
timeFrame: Day 0, 28, and 56
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New Haven
country: United States
facility: 1 Church St
state: Connecticut
Study officials:
affiliation: Yale University
name: Marc N Potenza, MD, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Yale University
name: Li Yan McCurdy, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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