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Motivational Enhancement Therapy for Alcohol-Related Intimate Partner Violence (MET-SAH Trial)

N/A
Recruiting
Led By Casey Tyler Taft, PhD
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
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 baseline, post-treatment, three-month, six-month, nine-month, and twelve-month follow-ups
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MET-SAH Trial Summary

This trial will compare the effects of a brief alcohol intervention to standard care and an educational intervention in male veterans to see if it leads to reduced alcohol use and IPV perpetration.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for male Veterans at least 18 years old who are enrolled in the Strength at Home program and have alcohol-related problems. They must show evidence of these issues, like scoring high on a specific test (AUDIT), drinking heavily on occasions, or having committed IPV under the influence.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study tests if Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) can better reduce alcohol problems and IPV than an Alcohol Education intervention or standard phone monitoring. It's conducted with Veterans from three VA locations to see if MET also encourages seeking help for alcohol use.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since this trial involves therapy and education interventions rather than medications, typical medical side effects are not expected. However, participants may experience emotional discomfort discussing sensitive topics like personal alcohol use and violent behavior.

MET-SAH Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, post-treatment, three-month, six-month, nine-month, and twelve-month follow-ups
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, post-treatment, three-month, six-month, nine-month, and twelve-month follow-ups for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Quantity/Frequency of Alcohol Consumption, Self-Report (QFV)
Secondary outcome measures
Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2)

MET-SAH Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Telephone MonitoringExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Brief supportive telephone monitoring sessions that are commonly delivered while Veterans wait to begin their groups (treatment as usual).
Group II: Motivational Enhancement TherapyExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Motivational enhancement therapy for alcohol use problems, which includes empathic support, feedback and advice, strategies for enhancing self-efficacy, techniques for eliciting self-motivational statements from the participant, strategies for addressing participant ambivalence about change and participant resistance to change, and methods for eliciting and affirming commitment to a specific change plan (active intervention).
Group III: Alcohol Education ControlExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Psychoeducational intervention intended to: (1) dispel myths about the effects of alcohol, (2) provide information about the general risks of drinking and process of recovery from alcohol problems, (3) provide information about the specific risks related to family relationships and IPV, (4) offer self-help program information and related strategies to address drinking problems, (5) promote and encourage healthy decision-making, and (6) reinforce the benefits of abstinence or controlled drinking.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Motivational Enhancement Therapy
2018
Completed Phase 2
~5050
Treatment as Usual
2016
Completed Phase 3
~2710

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,607 Previous Clinical Trials
3,305,735 Total Patients Enrolled
Casey Tyler Taft, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorVA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA

Media Library

Motivational Enhancement Therapy Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05287711 — N/A
Alcohol-Related Intimate Partner Violence Research Study Groups: Alcohol Education Control, Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Telephone Monitoring
Alcohol-Related Intimate Partner Violence Clinical Trial 2023: Motivational Enhancement Therapy Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05287711 — N/A
Motivational Enhancement Therapy 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05287711 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Is there availability for those seeking to join this experiment?

"As indicated on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical trial is not taking in new patients at the present moment. It was initially posted on December 1st 2022 and most recently modified 11 days ago. Although it no longer needs participants for its study, there are currently 245 other trials actively seeking recruits."

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How many locations are actively administering this trial?

"Patients are welcome to apply at Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix az in Arizona; the VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain MA in Massachusetts; and Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis mn in Minnesota. Several other locations also have open spots available for enrollment."

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~200 spots leftby Sep 2027