Michigan Alcohol Improvement Network- Alcohol Reduction and Treatment Trial (MAIN-ART)

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Liver Diseases; Alcohol-Related Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Michigan Alcohol Improvement Network-Alcohol Reduction and Treatment tool

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04473482

5K23AA026333-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

HUM00174946

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine if providing participants with alcohol-related liver disease with tailored alcohol use treatment options is feasible and acceptable in order to increase their engagement with treatment and reduce alcohol use. This is an important area to study to help create ways to increase participants' knowledge about different treatment options as well as increase likelihood of seeking and participating in alcohol use disorder treatments.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Enrolled at University of Michigan general hepatology clinics or inpatient wards
• Documented diagnosis of alcohol-associated cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis or alcohol-related liver disease of any stage
• Drinking of any amount of alcohol within the 6 months prior to recruitment
• No alcohol use treatment within the past 1 month
• Access to a phone for purposes of follow-up

Exclusion criteria

• Active alcohol use treatment
• Undergoing active evaluation for liver transplantation, is listed for liver transplant, or is post-transplantation.
• Is enrolled in the multidisciplinary alcohol-related liver disease clinic at Michigan Medicine

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

MAIN-ART Behavior Tool

Experimental group

Description:

The Michigan Alcohol Improvement Network- Alcohol Reduction and Treatment Tool (MAIN-ART) behavioral intervention is an online web application with two modules: misconception correction and tailored, preference-sensitive alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment matching.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Michigan Alcohol Improvement Network-Alcohol Reduction and Treatment tool

Routine care

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients randomized to usual care will receive a pamphlet for alcohol treatment referral to the University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services, but will receive no further education from the research team.