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
- Psychosocial interventions in combination with slow prosecutions is more effective than psychosocial interventions alone to achieve abstinence for subjects with methamphetamine abuse/dependance.
- 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 ]
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