Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for Treatment-resistant Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorders

University of Luebeck

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Abuse; Alcohol Dependence

Treatments: Behavioral: Community Reinforcement and Family Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02112396

BMBF-01GX0702

07-210 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study examines the efficacy of the Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for Concerned Significant Others (CSOs) of individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) using a randomized waiting list (WL) control group. It is hypothesized that after the Intervention group has received CRAFT and prior to the WL- group having received CRAFT, treatment utilization of individuals with AUDs are substantially elevated in the Intervention group.

Full description

CRAFT is an evidence-based intervention aiming to promote treatment entry by treatment refusing individuals suffering from addiction by coaching their Concerned Significant others (e.g., family members). The intervention is based on diverse elements such as communication training, contingency management, functional analysis of problem behaviors and strategies to improve the live of CSOs and aims to rearrange contingencies in the natural environment of the drinkers so that clean behavior is reinforced and drinking behavior is effectively discouraged. The intervention was developed for adult CSOs and usually consists of up to 12 weekly face-to-face sessions with a duration of one hour each.

Enrollment: 89 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• CSOs of individuals with an AUD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
• At least 18 years old
• At least 15 hours of contact per week to the addicted individual

Exclusion criteria

• History of severe domestic violence
• Current diagnosis of drug- or alcohol dependence of CSO

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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89 participants in 2 patient groups

Immediate Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects receive 12 sessions of Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) immediately after study inclusion

Treatment:

Behavioral: Community Reinforcement and Family Training

Waiting list group

Other group

Description:

Waiting list group members receive the Community Reinforcement and Family Training CRAFT intervention after the first follow-up (3 months post study inclusion)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Community Reinforcement and Family Training