Personalized Approach to Healthy Use and Recovery (PATH) Trial

Part of paid clinical trials in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
Study ID
NCT06580457
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

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

Interventions

  • Personal Causal Model + Personalized Feedback — BEHAVIORAL
    Receive a personal causal model of one's personalized causes of substance use/urges, along with a 1-hour, live clinical feedback session to suggest how to apply these insights to one's own recovery.

Study Details

An important part of substance use treatment for many people is learning what triggers their substance use and urges, and how they can better manage those triggers. In this study, the investigators will generate a model for each individual that shows likely causal links between their substance use, urges, and comorbid symptoms (e.g., anxiety, depression, and PTSD), and the investigators will examine these models as a group to draw conclusions about common causes for substance use (and recovery) among Veterans with substance use disorders. The investigators will also test whether receiving a personal model and clinical feedback improves substance use disorder and comorbid symptom outcomes. Results will include both patient-reported and statistically-determined causes of substance use for individuals and groups, clinical impact of a personalized model and feedback session, and participant feedback about the relevance of this study and intervention.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 1, 2025
Status verified
Jan 2026
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2029
Completion
Mar 29, 2030

Study Design

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

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention
    Receive the personal causal model with a 1-hour, live clinical feedback session.
  • No Intervention: Control
    No clinical feedback session. Personal causal models will be provided at the end of the study for those who wish to receive them.

Primary Outcome Measure

Substance use [ Time Frame: 4-, 8-, and 12-week follow-ups ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MNMinneapolisMinnesota55417-2309
Brittany Stevenson, PhD
[email protected]
612-467-3023
Kelvin O Lim, MD
[email protected]
(612) 467-3323
Brittany Stevenson, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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