Case Management for Crack Users Who Seek Treatment in CAPSad in Brazil

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Crack Abuse or Dependence

Treatments: Behavioral: Case Management (Strength-Based); Behavioral: Usual Treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01558726

10-0176

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a Case Management (CM) intervention in crack users applied in Psychosocial Care Centers - Alcohol and Drugs (CAPSad) by trained social workers, in comparison to CAPSad conventional treatment on 30 and 90 days, considering the following outcomes: treatment retention, abstinence and changes in severity scores of the sixth version of Addiction Severity Index (ASI6) scale. The study hypothesis are: 1) The CM is going to improve the retention of crack users (cases) during the 3-month follow-up compared with usual care (controls); 2)Individuals who received the intervention with GC are going to present a higher rate of abstinence; 3)The summary scores of the ASI6 will be significantly lower in cases than in controls, at the end of 3 months follow-up.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of crack abuse or dependence
• > 18 years old
• Initiating treatment (maximum of 1 month)

Exclusion criteria

• Homeless without permanent contact
• Psychotic symptoms during the intake interview

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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600 participants in 2 patient groups

Case management

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Case Management (Strength-Based)

Usual treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Usual treatment of the CAPSad

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual Treatment