Reinforcing Exercise in Substance Abusing Patients

UConn Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contingency Management; Substance Abuse; Exercise

Treatments: Behavioral: Contingency Management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01204879

R01DA027615 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

10-010S-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate the efficacy of an exercise-based contingency management (CM) intervention. A total of 120 substance abusing patients in intensive outpatient treatment will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (a) standard care plus CM for completing goal-related activities not related to exercising (e.g., improving work, family, or transportation issues), or (b) standard care plus CM for completing exercise-related activities. Compared to those receiving goal-related CM activity contracting, it is expected that those in the exercise CM condition will participate in more physical activities and develop greater strength and flexibility, decrease drug use, reduce HIV risk behaviors, lessen depressive symptoms, and improve health indices.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18-65 years
• English speaking
• in substance abuse treatment
• written permission from a physician (or their designated health care professional, e.g., nurse, physicians assistant) to participate in the study and an exercise program.

Exclusion criteria

• inability to comprehend the study
• in recovery for pathological gambling
• contraindication for exercising

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

CM for general activities

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard care plus individual contingency management session for general activities

Treatment:

Behavioral: Contingency Management

CM for exercise-related activities

Experimental group

Description:

Standard care plus individual contingency management session for physical activities

Treatment:

Behavioral: Contingency Management