Social Support Intervention for Addiction Recovery

NCT ID: NCT06022107

Last Updated: 2025-11-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-01-26
• Study Completion Date: 2024-07-15

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.

Conditions

Alcohol; Harmful Use; Alcohol

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

LDART

Participants will be asked to log onto the LDART website each night for a month.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

LDART

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.

Interventions

LDART

LDART is a newly developed web-based social support intervention that can be accessed by smartphone or computer. Each night, the participant sets a recovery goal for the next day (e.g., drink less than usual, go to a support group meeting). The next night, they log on to LDART to indicate whether they reached their goal for the day. Depending on their response, they will be shown either a celebratory or encouraging message from someone in the addiction recovery community, along with specific information on that person's recovery organization.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Society of Addiction Psychology

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Marc N Potenza, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yale University

Li Yan McCurdy, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yale University

Locations

1 Church St

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Countries

United States

References

McCurdy LY, Kong G, Krishnan-Sarin S, Kiluk BD, Potenza MN. A non-randomized pilot study protocol of a novel social support intervention for individuals in early recovery from hazardous alcohol use. PLoS One. 2023 Oct 5;18(10):e0292293. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292293. eCollection 2023.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 37796784 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2000035434

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id