Remote Alcohol Monitoring to Facilitate Abstinence From Alcohol: Exp 1
Alcohol Use Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Alcohol Use Disorder
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-5 criteria for alcohol use disorder
- Average 3 or more heavy drinking days (≥5 drinks in one occasion for men, ≥4 for women) per week for the past month on the Timeline Follow-back.
- Must endorse alcohol as their primary drug of use.
- Express a desire to abstain from drinking.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Are currently enrolled in an alcohol treatment program (not including attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous or similar community support meetings).
- Score 23 or greater on the Alcohol Withdrawal Symptom Checklist, a score indicating that medication would be likely required to manage alcohol detoxification.
- Pregnant women, lactating women, or women who are planning to become pregnant in the next 15 months.
Sites / Locations
- Nationwide Online Enrollment from the Unversity of KentuckyRecruiting
- University of Kentucky Turfland: In-person enrollmentRecruiting
- Carilion Clinic: In person-enrollmentRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Arm 5
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Sham Comparator
Sham Comparator
No Intervention
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group A will receive nearly immediate monetary payments over the internet each day they remotely provide negative breathalyzer samples, but will not receive the payments if they provide positive samples or fail to provide samples in a timely manner for the first 3 weeks of the intervention. For the remaining 9 weeks they will continue to receive incentives for submitting negative samples.
Group B will receive nearly immediate monetary payments over the internet each day they remotely provide negative breathalyzer samples, but will not receive the payments if they provide positive samples or fail to provide samples in a timely manner for the first 3 weeks of the intervention.For the remaining 9 weeks they will not be required to submit breathalyzer samples.
Group C will receive nearly immediate monetary payments over the internet each day they remotely provide breathalyzer samples regardless of the alcohol content, but will not receive the payments if they fail to provide samples in a timely manner for the first 3 weeks of the intervention. For the remaining 9 weeks they will continue to receive incentives for submitting on time samples regardless of alcohol content.
Group D will receive nearly immediate monetary payments over the internet each day they remotely provide breathalyzer samples regardless of the alcohol content, but will not receive the payments if they fail to provide samples in a timely manner for the first 3 weeks of the intervention. For the remaining 9 weeks they will not be required to submit breathalyzer samples.
Group E will have no intervention, they will only complete assessment sessions.