Enhancing Early-Phase Care for Primary Care Patients With Unhealthy Substance Use

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01887665

Enrollment

Registered

2013-06-27

Start date

2013-08-31

Completion date

2016-03-31

Last updated

2016-03-03

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Conditions

Substance Use Disorders

Keywords

substance use disorders, substance abuse, substance abuse treatment, contingency management

Brief summary

The clinical trial portion of this study tests the hypothesis that contingency management-based incentives for primary care patients with substance use disorders to attend treatment services will increase treatment initiation and engagement. The investigators are investigating whether this approach that has been found effective in specialty treatment settings will work in the primary care context, in conjunction with screening.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALincentives

A structured system of prize-based financial incentives rewards attendance at treatment visits.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Positive self-report alcohol or drug use screen in primary care * Diagnosis of substance use disorder * age 18 or older

Exclusion criteria

* SUD treatment in past 60 days * cognitive impairment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Initiation	90 days	Had initial outpatient treatment visit following positive screen and confirmatory diagnosis
Engagement	90 days	Had two additional outpatient treatment visits after initiating treatment

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026