Clinical trialNCT00596960CompletedInterventional

Study of the Effects of Motivational Enhancement Therapy on Alcohol Use in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

SponsorUS Department of Veterans AffairsEnrollment139Alcohol DependenceChronic Hepatitis C

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether motivational enhancement therapy (MET) reduces alcohol use in a population of HCV-infected veterans who are currently drinking alcohol and have alcohol disorders. We hypothesize that veterans with HCV, an alcohol use disorder and continued excessive alcohol use who receive MET will have a greater reduction in the number of standard alcohol drinks per week and a greater percentage of days abstinent than veterans who receive health education control intervention.

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Investigators

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Eric W. Dieperink, MD
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Principal Investigator
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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Minneapolis Va Health Care System
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Va Medical Center, Portland
Portland, Oregon, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study — it may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Nov 2008
Primary completion: 30 Jun 2012
Completion: 31 Jul 2012
Last update posted: 28 Nov 2014
Registered enrollment: 139
Registry id: NCT00596960

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