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

Brandeis University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Substance Use Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: incentives

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01887665

12116

1R21DA032039-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No 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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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13 participants in 1 patient group

Incentives

Experimental group

Description:

Prize-based financial incentives, informed by contingency management principles, are offered to patients who attend treatment visits.

Treatment:

Behavioral: incentives