Clinical Trial: Combination of Psychosocial Intervention and Slow Prosecutions for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Abuse/Dependence

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Combination of Psychosocial Intervention and Slow Prosecutions for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Abuse/Dependence

Brief Summary:

The hospital where this study will be conducted is responsible for the one-year contingency management treatment for methamphetamine drug offenders referred from the Yunlin District Prosecutors Office. Completing the one-year treatment is prerequisite for offenders to get slow prosecutions.

It is an open-label, parallel-group trial comparing the combination of psychosocial intervention and slow prosecutions with psychosocial intervention alone in treating subjects with methamphetamine dependence

Study Hypothesis

  1. Psychosocial interventions in combination with slow prosecutions is more effective than psychosocial interventions alone to achieve abstinence for subjects with methamphetamine abuse/dependance.
  2. Inclusion of telephone reminding before each visit will enhance the retention rate and abstinence rate.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Current Primary Outcome: Endpoint abstinence rate [ Time Frame: At the end of one-year treatment ]

According to the urine amphetamine/methamphetamine screen after the one-year treatment, negative result suggests successful abstinence.


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Retention rate [ Time Frame: during the whole one-year treatment ]
    proportion of subjects who can complete the course of one-year treatment
  • Length of retention [ Time Frame: during the whole one-year treatment ]
    the averaged duration of attending treatment
  • The longest period of abstinence [ Time Frame: during the whole one-year treatment ]
    the longest period of time with successive negative results of urine amphetamine/methamphetamine tests or negative reports of recent methamphetamine use


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: National Taiwan University Hospital

Dates:
Date Received: January 6, 2011
Date Started: January 2011
Date Completion: December 2012
Last Updated: January 6, 2011
Last Verified: December 2010