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CompletedNCT02984241Updated Sep 19, 2024

E-Health Coping Skills Training for Women Whose Partner Has a Drinking Problem

An interventional study of eHealth Coping Skills Training and eHealth Usual Web Care in Alcohol Abuse, sponsored by State University of New York at Buffalo. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-09-19.

Sponsored by State University of New York at Buffalo · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
456
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

This study evaluates web-based interventions to help women cope with the stress arising from living with a problem-drinking partner

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Conditions studied

  • Alcohol Abuse

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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 456 is above the median of 87 across 1,371 interventional studies indexed under Alcoholism.

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Lead sponsor

State University of New York at Buffalo is the lead sponsor of 287 studies on the registry; 65 are open to participants now.

Of its 19 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 15 (79%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Resides in New York State
  • Fluent in English
  • Male partner has an alcohol problem
  • Computer access and smart phone
  • Married or cohabiting

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Substance use disorder
  • Serious Mental Disorder
  • Participation in prior studies
  • Severe relationship violence
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
456 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    eHealth Coping Skills Training + Coach

    Access to StopSpinningMyWheels.org + Coach Support

    Behavioral: eHealth Coping Skills Training · Behavioral: Coach Support

  • Active comparator
    eHealth Coping Skills Training Only

    Access to StopSpinningMyWheels.org

    Behavioral: eHealth Coping Skills Training

  • Active comparator
    eHealth Usual Web Care

    Access to StopSpinningMyWheels.org usual care

    Behavioral: eHealth Usual Web Care

Interventions

  • BehavioraleHealth Coping Skills Training

    Access to a specialized coping skills training website

  • BehavioraleHealth Usual Web Care

    Access to a website in which helpful information on coping that is available on the internet has been systematically collected and organized in one place for easy retrieval

  • BehavioralCoach Support

    Access to a professional coach by phone

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) Total Score

    A measure of depressive symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 63. Lower scores are indicative of better outcomes. A score of 14 or higher is considered clinically relevant.

    Time frame: Change in BDI score up to 12 months postintervention

  2. State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory - 2 (STAXI-2, State Anger)

    A measure of anger thoughts in their current state. Scores range from 1 to 60 with lower scores representing better outcomes. A score of 18 or above is considered clinically relevant.

    Time frame: Change in STAXI score up to 12 months postintervention

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Study locations

1 site
  • Clinical and Research Institute on Addiction
    Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 19, 2024, 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
NCT02984241
Lead sponsor
State University of New York at Buffalo
Collaborators
University of Oregon
Responsible party
Robert Rychtarik (Principal Investigator, State University of New York at Buffalo) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 6, 2016
Start date
Oct 13, 2019
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2022
Completion
Nov 30, 2022
Last update
Sep 19, 2024

Study contacts

Robert G Rychtarik, Ph.D.
principal investigator · University at Buffalo, Research Institute on Addictions
Brian G. Danaher, Ph.D.
principal investigator · University of Oregon, Prevention Science Institute

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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