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CompletedNCT00350571Updated Sep 17, 2014

Brief Interventions for Drop-out Re-engagement

A Phase 1 interventional study of brief (behavioral therapy) and Drop out re-engagement motivational intervention in Substance Abuse, sponsored by Yale University. Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-09-17.

Sponsored by Yale University · Phase 1 and Interventional

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
299
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

We will evaluate a series of interventions intended to help individuals who drop out of substance abuse treatment re-engage in order to improve treatment outcome.

Read the detailed description

We propose a 5-year Stage I behavioral therapy development study to: 1) prospectively evaluate risk factors for premature drop-out from outpatient treatment; 2) develop and test a manual of single session phone-and office-based interventions to re-engage these individual in treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Substance Abuse

Keywords

  • behavior therapy
  • counseling
  • drug abuse therapy
  • outpatient care
  • therapy compliance
  • clinical trial phase I
  • coping
  • outcomes research
  • satisfaction
  • social psychology
  • patient oriented research
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In context

Substance-Related Disorders

2,124 studies on the registry are indexed under Substance-Related Disorders; 393 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 299 is above the median of 108 across 1,727 interventional studies indexed under Substance-Related Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Yale University is the lead sponsor of 1,724 studies on the registry; 298 are open to participants now.

Of its 210 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 126 (60%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • admission to outpatient treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • need for hospitalization
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
299 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Standard care follow up

    Standard care counselor follow up care phone calls or letters.

    Behavioral: standard care follow up

  • Experimental
    Drop out reengagement motivational intervention

    Single session office based or phone based motivational counseling session designed to promote participant re-engagement in standard treatment.

    Behavioral: brief (behavioral therapy) · Behavioral: Drop out re-engagement motivational intervention

Interventions

  • Behavioralbrief (behavioral therapy)

    up t 3 sessions of phone or office based counseling sessions to promote re-engagement in treatment.

  • BehavioralDrop out re-engagement motivational intervention

    Up to 3 phone or office based counseling sessions to promote reengagement in treatment

  • Behavioralstandard care follow up

    routine counselor phone calls and letters

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. retention into outpatient treatment

    Time frame: 4, 8, 12, 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. substance abuse

    Time frame: 4, 8,12,and 24 weeks

  2. psychiatric symptoms

    Time frame: 4, 8, 12, and 24 weeks

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Study locations

2 sites
  • APT Foundation
    New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States
  • Connecticut Mental Health Center
    New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 17, 2014, 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
NCT00350571
Lead sponsor
Yale University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 11, 2006
Start date
Nov 2004
Primary completion
Nov 2009
Completion
Nov 2009
Last update
Sep 17, 2014

Study contacts

Sam Ball, PhD
principal investigator · Yale School of Medicine

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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