Status:

COMPLETED

Lower-Cost Contingency Management in a Group Setting - 1

Lead Sponsor:

UConn Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Conditions:

Substance Abuse

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of prize contingency management (CM) in enhancing attendance, reducing drug use, and improving health among clients attending two HIV drop-in cent...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • HIV-positive and a member of The Living Center or the Manchester Area Network on AIDS
  • DSM-IV diagnosis of current opioid or cocaine abuse or dependence
  • willingness to accept random assignment to one of the two treatment groups
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • inability to comprehend the study (Mini-mental status score \<21; Folstein \& Folstein, 1975; or inability to pass an informed consent quiz)
  • severely disruptive behavior
  • in recovery for pathological gambling (due to potential similarity between the CM procedure and gambling)
  • non-English speaking

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2003

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 1 2007

    Estimated Enrollment :

    172 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00249600

    Start Date

    March 1 2003

    End Date

    December 1 2007

    Last Update

    November 21 2011

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    University of Connecticut Health Center

    Farmington, Connecticut, United States, 06030 2103