A Web Application to Reduce Heavy Drinking in First-time DWI Offenders

NCT02071836 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NIAAA 2R44020174
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 58
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The overall objective of this project is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a web application for first-time DWI offenders that will provide them with an age-appropriate brief motivational intervention (BMI) to motivate them to reduce their drinking and a cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) for to help them achieve and maintain abstinence. The goal is to reduce heavy drinking and consequently the risk for future drunk driving. The specific objectives of this Phase II are:

• Completing the development of the Right Turns prototype based on feedback from the Phase I pilot study participants. This includes: providing more structure and guidance as participants work in the Tool Box section of the program; simplifying the content of the Tool Box; further R\&D in the text messaging feature for 2nd and 3rd tier cellular providers; implement a customized pdf report function for progress reports from the program to users' probation officers (under control of the user); developing a follow-up component and outcome reports; and revising the videos in the Tool Box to reflect greater diversity and a younger population of drinkers.
• Conducting a randomized clinical trial of the program with first time DWI/DUI offenders who are recruited locally, collecting follow-up data, analyzing the data, and reporting the results.

Conditions

Driving While Intoxicated; Driving Under the Influence; Heavy Drinking; Alcohol Abstinence

Keywords

web application; DWI intervention; DUI intervention; Experimental group: Right Turns + treatment as usual; Control group: Treatment as usual

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Quantity/frequency of alcohol use: Form 90

  Quantity/frequency of drinking in previous 3 months

  3 months

• Inventory of Drug Use Consequences (InDuC)

  Quantity/frequency of alcohol and drug related problems in the previous 3 months

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Self-efficacy

  at enrollment

Study Arms (2)

Right Turns web application

EXPERIMENTAL

Right Turns web application

Behavioral: Right Turns web application; Behavioral: Treatment as usual

Treatment as usual

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Treatment as usual

Behavioral: Treatment as usual

Interventions

Right Turns web application BEHAVIORAL

Right Turns web application

Treatment as usual BEHAVIORAL

Right Turns web application; Treatment as usual

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• be a first-time DWI offender
• have a 5th grade reading level
• has a computer with Internet access at home
• own a cell phone with text messaging

You may not qualify if:

• age less than 18
• recent history of uncontrolled psychotic or bipolar behavior
• evidence of significant cognitive impairment from brain dysfunction (e.g., head injury)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP: lead

Study Sites (1)

Behavior Therapy Associates, LLC

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87112, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Driving Under the Influence; Alcohol Abstinence

Interventions

Therapeutics

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Criminal Behavior; Behavior; Dangerous Behavior; Drinking Behavior

Study Officials

• Reid K Hester, Ph.D.

  Behavior Therapy Associates, LLC

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2014
• First Posted: February 26, 2014
• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2016
• Study Completion: August 1, 2016
• Last Updated: February 1, 2017

Record last verified: 2016-09

Locations

US (1)