Substance Abuse
Conditions
Keywords
contingency management, substance abuse treatment
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to compare voucher-based contingency management (CM) procedures to a lower-cost CM system that provides opportunities to win prizes. Cocaine-dependent outpatients are randomly assigned to (a) standard treatment, (b) standard treatment plus voucher CM for abstinence, defined by negative breath and urinalysis test results, or (c) standard treatment plus prize CM for abstinence, defined by negative breath and urinalysis test results. Urine and breath samples are collected 3x/week during Weeks 1-3, 2x/week during Weeks 4-6 and 1x/week during Weeks 7-12. Follow-up interviews are conducted 1,3,6 and 9 months following intake during which substance use and psychosocial functioning are assessed.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALContingency management
Sponsors
UConn Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* age \> 18 years * current DSM-IV diagnosis of cocaine dependence * maintained on a stable dose of methadone for \>1 month * willing to sign informed consent * English speaking
Exclusion criteria
* serious, uncontrolled psychiatric illness (e.g., acute schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or substantial suicide risk) on the basis of history or medical examination * dementia (\<23 on the Mini Mental State Exam) * in recovery from pathological gambling as determined by DSM-IV criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Drug use | baseline and each follow-up |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed