Brief Family Involved Treatment Telehealth

Part of paid clinical trials in Charleston, South Carolina.

Sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Study ID
NCT05674409
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
21 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Brief Family-Involved Treatment (B-FIT) — BEHAVIORAL
    Brief Family-Involved Treatment (B-FIT) is a manualized, 3-session intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Designed to be implemented in combination with any existing alcohol treatment program, the goals of B-FIT are to (1) increase reinforcement for AUD treatment engagement, (2) increase positive rewards from drinking reductions, and (3) decrease drinking cues by decreasing negative communication and increasing positive communication.
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder (CBT for AUD) — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will receive 12 sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder (CBT for AUD).

Study Details

Improving alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment among Veterans is a national public health problem. The rate of AUD among Veterans is twice that of civilians, with up to 50% of Veterans having AUD. Family-based AUD programs are rarely undertaken in busy treatment clinics, and Veterans with problem drinking behavior or AUD are commonly excluded from couple therapies. As a result, there is a need to develop effective family AUD treatments that are both brief and highly accessible to Veterans. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a new treatment add-on called Brief Family-Involved Treatment (B-FIT), which will be delivered via telehealth among Veterans engaged in alcohol-based treatment/therapy. This study is an 12-week, Stage-II, open randomized controlled trial examining B-FIT in combination with treatment as usual (TAU), (in this case B-FIT+ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy treatment) as compared to TAU alone (CBT treatment).Veterans and their treatment companion (family member, partner, friend) will complete weekly assessments during the treatment phase in addition to 3 \& 6 month follow-up assessments, all via telehealth.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 13, 2023
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Mar 1, 2028
Completion
Mar 1, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy + Brief Family-Involved Treatment
    Approximately half of enrolled veterans and their treatment companion will be randomly assigned to the experimental group. The identified veteran participant wil receive 12 sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder (CBT for AUD). In addition, both the identified veteran and their treatment companion will receive an additional 3 sessions of Brief Family-Involved Treatment (B-FIT). B-FIT is a manualized, 3-session AUD intervention, designed to be implemented in combination with any existing alcohol treatment program.
  • Active Comparator: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
    Approximately half of enrolled veterans and their treatment companion will be randomly assigned to the active comparator group. The identified veteran participant wil receive 12 sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder (CBT for AUD).

Primary Outcome Measure

Family functioning [ Time Frame: From baseline to week 12 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Medical University of South CarolinaCharlestonSouth Carolina29401
Julianne Flanagan, PhD
[email protected]
843-792-5569
Julianne Flanagan, Ph.D (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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