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Episodic Future thinking for Alcohol Use Disorder

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Lara Coughlin, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Michigan
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 in weeks 1 and 2 of the intervention
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will help develop programs delivered by phone and text messages to improve wellness and health behaviors for adults in rural areas.

Eligible Conditions
  • Alcohol Use Disorder

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~in weeks 1 and 2 of the intervention
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and in weeks 1 and 2 of the intervention for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Feasibility of the intervention - Enrollment
Interventional procedure
Intervention Acceptability
Secondary outcome measures
Alcohol consumption

Trial Design

4Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Volitional choice (VC)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
VC creates structured if-then plans to dismantle context-linked alcohol use. Participants will receive up to 3 messages a day that include assessment and intervention messages.
Group II: Monitoring onlyExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
This is a control group in which participants will receive general psychoeducation.
Group III: Episodic Future thinking plus Volitional choiceExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Participants will receive both EFT and VC interventions with text messages.
Group IV: Episodic Future thinking (EFT)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will receive up to 3 messages a day that include assessment and intervention messages.The messages will describe positive, non-alcohol related events at future time points to facilitate extension of temporal consideration toward future-focused perspectives.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Episodic Future thinking
2022
N/A
~80
Volitional choice
2022
N/A
~80
Monitoring only
2022
N/A
~80

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of MichiganLead Sponsor
1,796 Previous Clinical Trials
6,377,878 Total Patients Enrolled
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)NIH
800 Previous Clinical Trials
1,362,922 Total Patients Enrolled
Lara Coughlin, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Michigan

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are there any vacant slots in this research endeavor for participants?

"Affirmative, there is evidence on clinicaltrials.gov that suggests this trial has begun recruiting participants since May 17th 2022 and was recently updated June 16th 2022. The research team seeks 75 volunteers to be enrolled at 1 study site."

Answered by AI

How many individuals are being enrolled in this investigation?

"Indeed, the information on clinicaltrials.gov confirms that this scientific inquiry is still recruiting participants. The project was initiated on May 17th 2022 and has been updated as recently as June 16th 2022. 75 individuals are sought from a single location for enrollment into the study."

Answered by AI

Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Michigan
What site did they apply to?
University of Michigan
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria
How many prior treatments have patients received?
0
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Behavioral Economic Treatment to Enhance Rural (BETTER) Living
Lara Coughlin 2022. "Behavioral Economic Treatment to Enhance Rural (BETTER) Living". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05235971.
~26 spots leftby Apr 2025
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