Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery Study

NCT05756114 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: 2000034747
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study identifies whether and how online support groups may work to confer therapeutic benefits onto its participants.

Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in past-month alcohol use: drinking days

  Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) will be used via survey to characterize changes in alcohol and other drug use for study participants. Percent Drinking Days will be derived from self-report on TLFB.

  Baseline, 1 month and 3 months

• Change in past-month alcohol drug use: heavy drinking days

  Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) will be used via survey to characterize changes in alcohol and other drug use for study participants. Percent Heavy Drinking Days will be derived from self-report on TLFB.

  Baseline, 1 month and 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in Quality of Life

  Baseline, 1 month and 3 months

• Change in recovery capital

  Baseline, 1 month and 3 months

Study Arms (2)

Psychoeducation Condition

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.

Other: Psychoeducational Email

Support Group Condition

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will attend six weekly online SMART Recovery meetings in groups of five to eight.

Behavioral: Support Group

Interventions

Support Group BEHAVIORAL

Support Group condition, meetings will be held online via HIPAA-compliant Zoom and run by a trained SMART Recovery meeting facilitator

Support Group Condition

Psychoeducational Email OTHER

Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.

Psychoeducation Condition

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Is fluent in English and have a 6th grade reading level or higher
• AUDIT score of ≥8
• Has some desire to cut down or quit their alcohol use
• Has access to a phone or computer with reliable internet connection, a functional microphone and camera
• Is willing to consent to being audio and video recorded during the meetings

You may not qualify if:

• Is not able to commit to the 6 weeks of intervention and the one- and three-month follow-up.
• Has vulnerable population status (e.g., pregnant people, prisoners)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yale University: lead
• Society of Addiction Psychology: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcoholism

Interventions

Self-Help Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Alcohol-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Organizations; Health Care Economics and Organizations

Study Officials

• Marc Potenza, PhD, MD

  Yale University: Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2023
• First Posted: March 6, 2023
• Study Start: April 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2025
• Study Completion: April 1, 2025
• Last Updated: June 12, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share