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BEAST for Treatment Refusal (BEAST Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Research Sponsored by University of Southern Mississippi

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 3 month post intervention

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BEAST Trial Summary

This trial will test a new, short intervention to encourage treatment-seeking behavior among National Guard members with various life stressors.

BEAST Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 3 month post intervention

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~3 month post intervention

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 month post intervention for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Secondary outcome measures

Psychosocial Treatments Interview-Revised

University of Rhode Island Change Assessment

BEAST Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: BEASTExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

There are 3 parts to BEAST. Part 1 involves the Behavioral Nudge technique using previously collected injunctive and descriptive norms from a National Guard sample. Soldiers will be given a customized feedback form that shows norms relevant to the target behavior they selected. The soldier will be given a chance to ask any follow-up questions. Part 2 of the intervention focuses on the principle of targeting others, considering how a change would impact those closest to them. Part 3 will utilize the Reciprocal Concessions procedure combined with the Reducing Barriers technique.

Group II: Descriptive FeedbackActive Control1 Intervention

This condition will involve a presentation of descriptive data based on the soldiers' tests scores and an opportunity to ask any follow-up questions. This process is a component of some behavioral change interventions (e.g., motivational interviewing); therefore this should be a more useful control condition (mirroring parts 1 and 2 of the active condition) versus a more passive or waitlist control condition. Participants in the control condition will also be given standard referral information to the USM Psychology Clinic (mirroring part 3 of the active condition).

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Southern MississippiLead Sponsor

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2,803 Total Patients Enrolled

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Is this trial still recruiting participants?

"Verified by clinicaltrials.gov, this experiment is not presently accepting volunteers. First posted in December 2019, it was last updated on the 3rd of November 2022 - however two other trials are now open for enrollment."

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Are elderly individuals above 85 years of age eligible for this clinical trial?

"The age criterion for entry in this clinical trial is 18 years or older, but younger than 65."

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Who qualifies to become a participant in this clinical investigation?

"This study is including 112 participants in the age range of 18 to 65 who meet certain criteria, with National Guard active status being particularly important."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Behavioral Economics Intervention to Increase Treatment Seeking in the National Guard

2019. "Behavioral Economics Intervention to Increase Treatment Seeking in the National Guard". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04098588.