Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chemsex (ACT-for-chemse)

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Chemsex

Treatments: Behavioral: ACT-for-chemsex; Other: Treatment as Usual (TAU)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06980974

IRB-300014764

Details and patient eligibility

About

Quasi-randomized control trial of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for chemsex.

Full description

Intervention will entail a prescreening, intake session, 16 therapy sessions, and a six-month follow-up. Each session will be 45-55 minutes long. Participants in ACT-for-chemsex will be compared to participants in a treatment as usual condition.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male
• age 18-65
• access to internet capable smart device
• documentation of Alabama residence
• access to a private area to attend tele ACT-for-chemsex sessions
• self-reported chemsex within six-months of intake
• English fluency.

Exclusion criteria

• Psychotic disorder
• bipolar disorder
• eating disorder
• major neurocognitive disorder diagnosis
• self-harm or suicide attempt within 12 months of screener
• suicide plan/intention at time of screening
• ongoing treatment for a complex medical comorbidity (e.g., in patient cancer treatment)
• current enrollment in an individual ACT-based psychotherapy intervention.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

ACT-for-chemsex

Experimental group

Description:

16 weeks of ACT to reduce chemsex

Treatment:

Behavioral: ACT-for-chemsex

Treatment as usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatment as usual

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as Usual (TAU)