Prize Reinforcement Contingency Management for Cocaine Dependence: a 24-week Randomized Controlled Trial

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cocaine-related Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00877435

SNF-105314-120675

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether prize-based contingency management (prizeCM) combined with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is more effective in the treatment of of cocaine-dependent patients compared to CBT only. Patients were randomized to prizeCM + CBT (experimental group) or to CBT (control group) an treated over 24 weeks. It is the first trial of this type in Europe.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• cocaine dependence, aged 18 or older, other dependences

Exclusion criteria

• severe somatic, brain, or psychiatric disease, attention deficit disorders with medication methylphenidate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) + prize-based contingency management (prizeCM)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)