A Phase 1 interventional study of Computer Based Treatment in Substance-Related Disorders, sponsored by VA Connecticut Healthcare System. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-12-23.
Sponsored by VA Connecticut Healthcare System · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
In this behavioral trial 80 substance abusing individuals will be randomly assigned to either treatment as usual in the substance abuse clinic of the Newington, CT VA hospital OR treatment as usual plus 8 hours of access to the 'CBT for CBT' computer program over a period of 8 weeks. Primary outcomes will be retention in treatment and reduction in substance use (percent days abstinent, confirmed by urine toxicology screens). The patients' ability to demonstrate coping skills through a computerized role-play evaluation will be a secondary outcome. A six-month follow-up will assess durability and/or delayed emergence of effects.
This pilot study aims to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of adding a computer based training program in Cognitive Behavior Therapy ("CBT4CBT") for the treatment of addictions in a VA substance abuse outpatient clinic. Key secondary aims are to assess the impact of adding CBT4CBT to standard care on treatment attendance, engagement, retention, and to investigate if certain process measures are associated with substance use outcomes. Approximately 80 patients enrolled in the Newington Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP) will be randomly assigned to either (A) treatment as usual, or (B) treatment as usual plus exposure to the CBT4CBT program.
2,124 studies on the registry are indexed under Substance-Related Disorders; 393 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 80 is below the median of 108 across 1,727 interventional studies indexed under Substance-Related Disorders.
Browse Substance-Related Disorders studies →VA Connecticut Healthcare System is the lead sponsor of 40 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
Exclusion Criteria:
Standard treatment as usual (TAU) in the VA Connecticut Healthcare System substance abuse clinic consisting of individual and group therapy sessions and regular urine monitoring.
Standard treatment as usual (TAU) plus coping skills computer program. In addition to the individual and group therapy sessions (TAU), individuals will work with a computerized program that teaches skills for stopping substance use and increasing coping skills twice weekly for 8 weeks.
Behavioral: Computer Based Treatment
Standard treatment as usual (TAU) plus coping skills computer program. In addition to the individual and group therapy sessions (TAU), individuals will work with a computerized program that teaches skills for stopping substance use and increasing coping skills twice weekly for 8 weeks.
Also known as: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Reduction in substance use
percent days abstinent, confirmed by urine toxicology screens
Time frame: 8 weeks
Retention in treatment
did patient continued to be enrolled in substance abuse treatment at follow-up
Time frame: 6 months
This study is completed, as verified in Mar 2012. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.
Sign in to followQuestions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.
Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.
Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.
VA Connecticut Healthcare System