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Behavioral Intervention

Ultrabrief Behavioral Activation for Alcohol Use Disorder (UBA Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Stacy Daughters, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up through completion of the study, an average of 1 year

Awards & highlights

UBA Trial Summary

This trial is testing a new, single-session treatment for people with mild to moderate alcohol use disorder to see if it is feasible, acceptable, and effective.

Eligible Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorder

UBA Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ through completion of the study, an average of 1 year

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~through completion of the study, an average of 1 year

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and through completion of the study, an average of 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Acceptability via summary scores and statistics of study-designed treatment engagement and acceptability assessment instruments

Feasibility via average rate of enrollment of eligible participants

Feasibility via computed fraction of participants who have completed all assessment in this study

Secondary outcome measures

Change in alcohol consumption via average amount of alcohol consumed per drinking day

Change in alcohol consumption via number of drinking days

Feasibility via computed fraction of participants that successfully completed at least 1 of each activity independently as per record in treatment booklet

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UBA Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: UBA ArmExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

All subjects in this arm will receive ultrabrief behavioral activation therapy via a single, 90-minute session.

Group II: Control ArmActive Control1 Intervention

All subjects in this arm will complete all study assessment instruments collected in the interventional arm but will not receive an intervention.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Ultrabrief Behavioral Activation

2022

N/A

~40

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of North Carolina, Chapel HillLead Sponsor

1,515 Previous Clinical Trials

4,194,268 Total Patients Enrolled

Stacy Daughters, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

What are the primary goals of this investigation?

"This medical trial will measure Acceptability using a variety of assessment instruments, Feasibility through participant self-management and therapeutic feedback, and Change in alcohol consumption via number of drinking days. The primary outcome is to be observed over a 3 month period from Baseline up to Post treatment (Follow up 3)."

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Is there a limit to the number of participants being admitted into this trial?

"Affirmative, the clinicaltrial.gov page reveals that this medical research is currently recruiting patients. This study was first advertised on March 8th 2022 and most recently modified on March 18th 2022. The trial needs to recruit 40 individuals from a single centre."

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Are individuals currently allowed to enroll in this investigation?

"Affirmative. The clinicaltrials.gov website confirms that this research is appealing for participants, having first been posted on March 8th 2022 and updated most recently on the 18th of March 2022. 40 patients are required to be enrolled from single medical facility."

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Recent research and studies

AddictionJournal

Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment: Implications of Samhsa's SBIRT Initiative for Substance Abuse Policy and Practice

Babor, Thomas F., Frances Del Boca, and Jeremy W. Bray. 2017. “Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment: Implications of Samhsa's SBIRT Initiative for Substance Abuse Policy and Practice”. Addiction. Wiley. doi:10.1111/add.13675.

Behaviour Research and TherapyJournal

Reliability of Alcohol Abusers' Self-reports of Drinking Behavior

Sobell, Linda C., Stephen A. Maisto, Mark B. Sobell, and A.Mitch Cooper. 1979. “Reliability of Alcohol Abusers' Self-reports of Drinking Behavior”. Behaviour Research and Therapy. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/0005-7967(79)90025-1.

Evaluation and Program PlanningJournal

Assessment of Client/patient Satisfaction: Development of a General Scale

Larsen, Daniel L., C.Clifford Attkisson, William A. Hargreaves, and Tuan D. Nguyen. 1979. “Assessment of Client/patient Satisfaction: Development of a General Scale”. Evaluation and Program Planning. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/0149-7189(79)90094-6.

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