Reinforcement-Based Treatment and Abstinence-Contingent Housing for Drug Abusers (CASA)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Drug Abuse

Treatments: Behavioral: Reinforcement Based Treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00685620

BPR010213-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose of the project is to examine the effectiveness of Reinforcement-Based Treatment (RBT) on drug abuse and psychosocial outcomes of iner city opiate abusers who have recently completed a brief detoxification.

Full description

Participants are randomized into one of 3-groups: 1) those receiving intensive behavioral therapy plus abstinence-contingent housing, 2) those receiving recovery housing alone, and 3) those receiving standard care (referrals to community providers). For the two groups receiving recovery housing, rent payment is provided for a period of 3 months, as long as the participant remains drug-free.

Enrollment: 463 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• opiate dependent agree to live in recovery housing

Exclusion criteria

• acute psychiatric disorder pregnant over 65

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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463 participants in 3 patient groups

Group 1

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard care following detoxification

Group 2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Recovery housing following detoxification

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reinforcement Based Treatment

Group 3

Experimental group

Description:

Recovery housing plus counseling

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reinforcement Based Treatment