Case Management for Crack Users Who Seek Treatment in CAPSad in Brazil

NCT01558726 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 10-0176
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 600
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a Case Management (CM) intervention in crack users applied in Psychosocial Care Centers - Alcohol and Drugs (CAPSad) by trained social workers, in comparison to CAPSad conventional treatment on 30 and 90 days, considering the following outcomes: treatment retention, abstinence and changes in severity scores of the sixth version of Addiction Severity Index (ASI6) scale. The study hypothesis are: 1) The CM is going to improve the retention of crack users (cases) during the 3-month follow-up compared with usual care (controls); 2)Individuals who received the intervention with GC are going to present a higher rate of abstinence; 3)The summary scores of the ASI6 will be significantly lower in cases than in controls, at the end of 3 months follow-up.

Conditions

Crack Abuse or Dependence

Keywords

Case Management; Crack abuse/dependents; Evaluation; Inpatient; ASI; Treatment retention; Abstinence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Treatment retention

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Crack abstinence

  3 months

• ASI subareas scores

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Case management

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Case Management (Strength-Based)

Usual treatment

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Usual treatment of the CAPSad

Behavioral: Usual Treatment

Interventions

Case Management (Strength-Based) BEHAVIORAL

To improve the cases sharing between CAPSad and other health institutions and individuals and increase the strengths of the patient to cope with problems related to the crack use.

Case management

Usual Treatment BEHAVIORAL

The usual treatment used for regular patients of CAPSad

Usual treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Diagnosis of crack abuse or dependence
• \> 18 years old
• Initiating treatment (maximum of 1 month)

You may not qualify if:

• Homeless without permanent contact
• Psychotic symptoms during the intake interview

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul: lead
• Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre: collaborator
• Brazilian Secretariat for Drug Policies (SENAD): collaborator
• Federal University of Bahia: collaborator
• Federal University of Espirito Santo: collaborator
• Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: collaborator
• Faculdade de Medicina do ABC: collaborator
• University of Brasilia: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Center for Drug and Alcohol Research (CPAD) of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Case Management

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Care Planning; Comprehensive Health Care; Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration

Study Officials

• Flavio Pechansky, PhD

  Center for Drug and Alcohol Research (CPAD) of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Flavio Pechansky, PhD

CONTACT

55-51-3359-7480; fpechans@uol.com.br

Felix HP Kessler, PhD

CONTACT

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of Center for Drug and Alcohol Research (CPAD-UFRGS)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 17, 2012
• First Posted: March 20, 2012
• Study Start: October 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2012
• Study Completion: August 1, 2012
• Last Updated: March 20, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-03

Locations

BR (1)