Clinical trialNCT01567943CompletedInterventional

Contingency Management of Alcohol Abuse in the Severely Mentally ILL

SponsorUniversity of WashingtonEnrollment123Alcohol AbuseBipolar DisorderMajor Depressive DisorderSchizophrenia

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Summary

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The investigators will evaluate the efficacy of a comprehensive 12-week contingency management intervention for treating alcohol dependence for persons with severe mental illness who are seen within the context of a community mental health center setting. The primary contingency will be submission of alcohol-free urines. Additional reinforcers will be provided for intensive outpatient addiction treatment attendance. Reinforcers will be vouchers or actual items useful for day-to-day living. Participants will be 120 adults diagnosed with alcohol dependance and severe mental illness.

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Investigators

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Michael McDonell, PhD
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
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Richard K Ries, MD
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
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Sites

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

United States

Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 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: 31 Mar 2012
Primary completion: 28 Feb 2015
Completion: 29 Feb 2016
Last update posted: 23 Feb 2017
Registered enrollment: 123
Registry id: NCT01567943

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