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Behavioral Intervention

Building and Pilot Testing a Couples-based Smartphone Systems to Address Alcohol Use Disorder

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By David H Gustafson, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison

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, 2, 4, 6 months

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will test a new smartphone app called PartnerCHESS, which helps people recovering from alcohol use disorder and their partners. The app combines therapy techniques and relapse prevention tools, and it alerts doctors if the patient might relapse. The goal is to see if this app can improve recovery outcomes for couples dealing with AUD. The PartnerCHESS app is a new iteration of the A-CHESS system, which has previously shown improved drinking outcomes over standard continuing care.

Eligible Conditions

Addiction
Alcoholism
Couples

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 2, 4, 6 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 2, 4, 6 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 2, 4, 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Number of Participants With no Heavy Drinking

Percentage of Days With Any Drinking

Percentage of Days With Heavy Drinking

Secondary study objectives

Commitment to Sobriety

Peer Support

Perceptions of Family Environment - Cohesion

+3 more

Other study objectives

Change in Relationship Violence

Change in number of Days Patient Used Other Drugs for Patient and Partner.

Change in number of other Health Service Interventions for Patient and Partner

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

4Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: PartnerCHESS PartnerExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Patient's partner randomized to the PartnerCHESS group will receive all A-CHESS services listed above, plus learning modules and resources from Alcohol-based Couple Therapy.

Group II: PartnerCHESS DrinkerExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Patients randomized to the PartnerCHESS group will receive all A-CHESS services listed above, plus learning modules and resources from Alcohol-based Couple Therapy.

Group III: A-CHESS DrinkerActive Control1 Intervention

Patients randomized to the A-CHESS group will receive the A-CHESS app on a smartphone.

Group IV: A-CHESS PartnerActive Control1 Intervention

Patient's partner randomized to the A-CHESS group will receive the A-CHESS app on a smartphone.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

PartnerCHESS

2021

N/A

~470