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CompletedNCT00204854TAMIUpdated Oct 5, 2015

Telephone and Mail Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorders

A Phase 3 interventional study of telephone counseling in Alcohol Use Disorders, sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 21 Years to 59 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-10-05.

Sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison · Phase 3 and Interventional

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
900
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
21 Years to 59 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Randomized controlled trial and benefit-cost study of a telephone and mail intervention for non-treatment-seeking primary care patients with alcohol abuse or dependence

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Conditions studied

  • Alcohol Use Disorders
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In context

Alcoholism

1,606 studies on the registry are indexed under Alcoholism; 329 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 900 is above the median of 87 across 1,371 interventional studies indexed under Alcoholism.

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Lead sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison is the lead sponsor of 1,161 studies on the registry; 182 are open to participants now.

Of its 151 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 114 (75%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
21 Years to 59 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • primary care patients with DSM-IV alcohol abuse or dependence

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pregnancy
  • suicidality
  • alcohol treatment in prior 3 months
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single
Enrollment
900 participants

Interventions

  • Behavioraltelephone counseling
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Self-reported alcohol consumption in the prior 28 days

  2. Number of risky drinking days in the prior 28 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Health care utilization

  2. car crashes

  3. criminal justice system involvement

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Wisconsin
    Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 5, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00204854
Lead sponsor
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborators
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 20, 2005
Start date
Dec 2001
Primary completion
Jun 2004
Completion
Nov 2004
Last update
Oct 5, 2015

Study contacts

Richard L Brown, MD, MPH
principal investigator · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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