Zambia Common Elements Treatment Approach Pilot Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-06-24

Study Completion Date

2020-03-17

Brief Summary

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This is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the effectiveness of an alcohol brief intervention alone compared to the brief intervention plus an evidence-based psychotherapy (CETA) in reducing alcohol misuse and co-occurring mental health problems among persons with HIV in Zambia.

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Detailed Description

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Alcohol misuse is a major unaddressed barrier to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Hazardous drinking increases HIV transmission, delays antiretroviral therapy (ART) uptake, reduces adherence and retention, and increases mortality. Comorbid mental health or substance misuse, similar to alcohol use alone, can also significantly undermine HIV treatment. The vast majority of people living with HIV globally live in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Similar to most HIV care settings in LMIC, in Zambia, the location of the current study, there are no readily available evidence-based treatments for alcohol misuse or mental health problems.

This study will enroll persons living with HIV (PLWH) who have alcohol misuse in Zambia. Participants will be recruited and screened during regular HIV care visits. Participants will be recruited by their regular care providers (i.e., peer educators, counselors, nurses, physicians) and referred to study staff if they are interested. The investigators anticipate enrolling up to 320 participants, all of whom have hazardous alcohol use. N=160 participants will be high-risk drinkers due to having either a moderate-to-severe alcohol use disorder or mental health comorbidities, or both. These participants will be randomized into the RCT. Participants who have hazardous alcohol use (but not a moderate-to-severe AUD) without mental health comorbidities (a lower risk group of participants) will not be enrolled into the RCT but will be tracked as part of a parallel cohort study. The minimum age of research subjects will be 18. Eligibility will be assessed via audio computer assisted self-interviewing (ACASI).

Participants in the 'cohort study' (i.e., lower risk participants) will receive a brief alcohol intervention. Participants in the RCT (i.e., higher risk participants) will be randomly assigned on a 1:1 basis (stratified by gender) to receive the brief intervention alone or the brief intervention plus CETA.

All participants will be evaluated for outcomes at baseline and at a six month follow-up visit. For RCT participants, the investigators will compare the effectiveness of the brief intervention alone to the brief intervention plus CETA in reducing alcohol misuse and mental health problems. For cohort participants, the investigators will collect preliminary data on whether alcohol misuse reduced at the six month follow-up but there will be no comparison/control group.

The findings from this pilot study will be used to inform future programming and research in Zambia and other LMIC to implement screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programs for alcohol use in HIV care.

Conditions

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Alcohol Use Disorder Depression Post-traumatic Stress Disorder HIV/AIDS Substance Use Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Primary outcomes are evaluated via Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI)

Study Groups

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Brief Intervention (BI)

30 minute alcohol brief intervention delivered by lay provider during HIV clinic visit.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The BI used in the trial combines motivational interviewing skills with cognitive behavioral therapy elements in order to assist clients with self identified substance misuse to begin to consider changing their rates of drinking and drug use. The intervention lasts 30 to 40 minutes and consists of 5 components including: 1) screening 2) identification and information on the impacts of substance misuse 3) talking about change and goal setting 4) understanding the primary reason for drinking 5) skill building with practice and 6) referral for services.

Brief Intervention + CETA

30 minute alcohol brief intervention delivered by lay provider during clinic visit followed by 6-12 weekly sessions of CETA.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The BI used in the trial combines motivational interviewing skills with cognitive behavioral therapy elements in order to assist clients with self identified substance misuse to begin to consider changing their rates of drinking and drug use. The intervention lasts 30 to 40 minutes and consists of 5 components including: 1) screening 2) identification and information on the impacts of substance misuse 3) talking about change and goal setting 4) understanding the primary reason for drinking 5) skill building with practice and 6) referral for services.

Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Common Elements Treatment Approach, or CETA, is a transdiagnostic psychotherapy based on cognitive behavioral elements for mood, anxiety and trauma related problems, and for alcohol and substance misuse. CETA is based on the fact that most evidence-based mental health treatments (EBTs) consist of similar components. The objective of CETA is to provide a single training in a range of therapy components that are similar across EBTs and to then teach counselors how to design a specific course of treatment for each client based on the client's presenting problems.

Interventions

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Brief Intervention

The BI used in the trial combines motivational interviewing skills with cognitive behavioral therapy elements in order to assist clients with self identified substance misuse to begin to consider changing their rates of drinking and drug use. The intervention lasts 30 to 40 minutes and consists of 5 components including: 1) screening 2) identification and information on the impacts of substance misuse 3) talking about change and goal setting 4) understanding the primary reason for drinking 5) skill building with practice and 6) referral for services.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA)

The Common Elements Treatment Approach, or CETA, is a transdiagnostic psychotherapy based on cognitive behavioral elements for mood, anxiety and trauma related problems, and for alcohol and substance misuse. CETA is based on the fact that most evidence-based mental health treatments (EBTs) consist of similar components. The objective of CETA is to provide a single training in a range of therapy components that are similar across EBTs and to then teach counselors how to design a specific course of treatment for each client based on the client's presenting problems.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* HIV positive
* Receiving HIV treatment services at one of the two study clinics
* Current hazardous alcohol use, defined as an AUDIT score of ≥8 for men and ≥ 4 for women
* Provides informed consent

Secondary inclusion for enrollment into the RCT will be:

* AUDIT scores that indicate a moderate-to-severe AUD (≥12 for women; ≥16 among men)
* AND/OR: meeting validated symptom criteria for depression (≥16 on Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D), trauma/anxiety (≥2.5 on HTQ), and/or substance use (≥27 for any non-tobacco/alcohol substance on ASSIST)