Brief Alcohol Treatment for Women Veterans in Primary Care

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Sponsor
Syracuse VA Medical Center
Study ID
NCT07414589
Status
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Conditions

  • Alcohol Misuse

Eligibility Criteria

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

Interventions

  • Brief, Integrated Intervention for Women Veterans with Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care — BEHAVIORAL
    The intervention consists of 4-6 30-minute behavioral health appointments with a behavioral health provider in an integrated primary care setting. It includes 4 core alcohol-focused appointments focused on providing information and skills to manage unhealthy alcohol use that have been adapted from existing evidence-based treatments in integrated primary care and specialty care. Participants may elect to attend up to 2 additional optional appointments focused on supplemental strategies to manage alcohol use or to address co-occurring mental and behavioral health concerns, including mood, trauma, sleep, and pain.
  • Primary care usual care — BEHAVIORAL
    Primary care usual care consists of universal annual alcohol screening; those who are identified as at-risk receive a brief advice intervention from their primary care provider and may be offered an integrated primary care referral. The brief advice intervention is standardized and triggered automatically by a positive screen. Integrated primary care consists of brief assessment and intervention with licensed, independent behavioral health providers. Patients may decline integrated primary care referrals, complete several appointments, and/or be referred to specialty treatment

Study Details

The goal of this study is to develop and test a brief behavioral treatment for women Veterans with alcohol use in primary care. The study involves a development phase, an open trial phase, and a pilot randomized controlled trial. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is the treatment feasible and acceptable to women Veteran primary care patients? * Can the treatment help reduce alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, and improve quality of life? Researchers will compare the new treatment to usual treatment that primary care patients would normally receive. Participants will be asked to participate in either the new behavioral treatment or usual primary care treatment and attend 3 appointments to answer questions about their alcohol use, quality of life, other mental health symptoms, and what they thought of their behavioral treatment.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 31, 2026
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2028
Completion
Aug 31, 2030

Study Design

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

Arms

  • Experimental: Brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use
    Participants in this arm will attend 4-6 30-minute behavioral health appointments with a behavioral health provider in an integrated primary care setting. All participants will attend 4 core alcohol-focused appointments focused on providing information and skills to manage unhealthy alcohol use. Participants may elect to attend up to 2 additional optional appointments focused on supplemental strategies to manage alcohol use or to address co-occurring mental and behavioral health concerns.
  • Active Comparator: Usual Care
    Primary care usual care consists of universal annual alcohol screening; those who are identified as at-risk receive a brief advice intervention from their primary care provider and may be offered an integrated primary care referral. The brief advice intervention is standardized and triggered automatically by a positive screen. Integrated primary care consists of brief assessment and intervention with licensed, independent behavioral health providers. Patients may decline integrated primary care referrals, complete several appointments, and/or be referred to specialty treatment

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in self-reported quality of life from baseline to 6-months post-treatment [ Time Frame: From baseline to 6 months post-treatment ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Syracuse VA Medical CenterSyracuseNew York13210
Katherine A Buckheit, PhD
[email protected]
315-425-4400
Katherine A Buckheit, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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