Testing A Couple-based Program for Alcohol Risk Reduction in the National Guard

NCT ID: NCT03589508

Last Updated: 2019-05-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-07-01

Study Completion Date

2019-03-25

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this project is to develop and test indicated prevention intervention to harness support and health promoting endeavors to address use of alcohol to cope with reintegration challenges in Massachusetts National Guard (MANG) service members.

Detailed Description

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Specific Aim 1: To modify the existing, efficacious Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (ABCT) manual into a 6-session prevention protocol, called Alcohol Behavioral Couple Prevention (ABCP) that will be developed for delivery via in-person and telehealth platforms. The goal of the new ABCP is for individuals or family dyads to learn to work together to minimize hazardous drinking in order to effectively address other problems often present among returning service members.

Specific Aim 2: To field test feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a prevention protocol using a successive cohort design. First, an in-person protocol will be tested with 4 National Guard (NG) members and then adapt and test the protocol for 4 NG members via an analog telehealth design. Again, the manual and accompanied materials will be revised.

Specific Aim 3: To conduct a small Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) to compare 2 conditions with 22 NG Members in each: (1) In person (ABCP\_P; 11 individual, 11 dyad), and (2) Telehealth (ABCP\_T; 11 individual, 11 dyad).

Conditions

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Alcohol; Harmful Use

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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In-Person Sessions: ABCP_P

In-person therapy sessions: 6 Weekly Prevention Session conducted in person (half of participants will attend alone, half of participants will attend with a significant other)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

In-person sessions: ABCP_P

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

6 weekly sessions of alcohol prevention conducted in person.

Video conference sessions: ABCP_T

Video conference therapy sessions: 6 Weekly Prevention Session conducted using videoconference (half of participants will attend alone, half of participants will attend with a significant other)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Video conference sessions: ABCP_T

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

6 weekly sessions of alcohol prevention conducted by video conference.

Interventions

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In-person sessions: ABCP_P

6 weekly sessions of alcohol prevention conducted in person.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Video conference sessions: ABCP_T

6 weekly sessions of alcohol prevention conducted by video conference.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18 and older and a member of the MANG.
* Have a SO or trusted friend who is 18 or older
* Service member endorsed one item on the 10-item Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test within their lifetime

Exclusion Criteria

* unable to give consent
* Prisoners
* Principal Investigators determined the participant requires a higher level of care (based on unstabilized psychiatric disorder, and/or high drinking or drug use severity, and/or inability to attend to adl's and/or agitated behavior
* Service Member is unable to read or comprehend English at the 7th grade education level
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Elizabeth Epstein

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Elizabeth Epstein, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UMass Worcester

Locations

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University of Massachusetts Medical School

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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R34AA023589

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

AA023589

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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