Status unknownNCT01812187Updated Sep 23, 2015

Designing a Mobile App for Veterans With Substance Use Problems

An interventional study of SHIFT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Substance Abuse Problem, Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence, sponsored by Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 64 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-09-23.

Sponsored by Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2015), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

Phase: Not applicable
Study type: Interventional
Enrollment: 20
Allocation: Not applicable
Ages: 18 Years to 64 Years
Sex: All

Study summary

The purpose of this study is to increase access for rural Veterans to evidence-based, person-centered, individually tailored treatment for alcohol use problems. The primary aim is to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of using mobile technology deliver treatment for alcohol use disorder. A mobile application will be used replacing the usual setting of clinical visits that accompanies standard face-to-face CBT therapy. The application will be loaded onto an iPod, which will be distributed to each participant that has been found to be eligible to participate.

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Many Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan experience problems with drinking. There are treatments for alcohol use disorders that can be very helpful, but sometimes it can be hard for Veterans to find or participate in the treatments. This can be because of the amount of time the treatments take and the long distance to places where substance abuse treatments are offered. For Veterans who live in rural areas, these types of issues can pose even bigger problems. To address these issues, new types of treatments and ways of delivering care are being studied.

We have developed a mobile application that will be accessed through the use of a mobile device such as an ipod. The application will contain an application dedicated to the treatment of substance abuse disorders. This application will provide the coping skills and educational information to aide in helping with problems associated with drinking alcohol.

Conditions studied

Substance Abuse Problem
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Dependence

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Keywords

Alcohol
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Dependence
Veterans

In context

Substance-Related Disorders

2,181 studies on the registry are indexed under Substance-Related Disorders; 399 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 108 across 1,770 interventional studies indexed under Substance-Related Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 27 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible: 18 Years to 64 Years
Sexes eligible: All
Accepts healthy volunteers: Yes

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Inclusion criteria

Veteran of the Armed Forces
are part of the primary care - mental health (PC-MH)
reside in a rural community, as defined by the US Census Bureau
score greater than or equal to 8 on the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)
meet diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence as assessed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Inventory (MINI) according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV)
Age 18 and older to participate. -

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Have conditions that threaten your safety (e.g., active suicidal intent, current uncontrolled psychosis or bipolar disorders in the past month as assessed by the MINI).
Veterans with a diagnosed concurrent substance dependence (other than nicotine) and more than mild risk of alcohol withdrawal based on a score of greater than 8 on the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol (CIWA-Ar) will be excluded.
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Study design

Phase: Not applicable
Primary purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Not applicable
Intervention model: Single group
Masking: None (open label)
Enrollment: 20 participants (estimated)

Study arms

Experimental
SHIFT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Service to Home for Individually-Focused Therapy (SHIFT), a Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Behavioral: SHIFT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Interventions

BehavioralSHIFT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Manualized, evidence-based, cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of substance abuse disorders
Also known as: Service to Home for Individually Focused Therapy

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

Change
Time frame: Change from baseline AUDIT score at 3 months

Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas 77545, United States
- Ken Woods · Contact · 713-791-1414
Recruiting

Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026

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The record gives a start of Apr 2015, a primary completion of May 2017 and a completion of May 2017. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

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Registered: Mar 4, 2013
First posted: Mar 18, 2013
Start: Apr 2015
Primary completionEst.: May 2017
CompletionEst.: May 2017
Last update: Sep 23, 2015

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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 23, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Registry details

Key details

Study ID: NCT01812187
Lead sponsor: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Responsible party: Jan Lindsay, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted: Mar 18, 2013
Start date: Apr 2015
Primary completion: May 2017 (estimated)
Completion: May 2017 (estimated)
Last update: Sep 23, 2015

Study contacts

Ken Woods

Contact

713-791-14141 ext. 2247

Jan A Lindsay, Ph.D.

principal investigator · Baylor College of Medicine; Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee: No

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