Recruiting

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Sponsor:

California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

Code:

NCT01899313

Conditions

Amphetamine-Related Disorders

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

CBT- based SMS text messaging intervention

CBT group therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

This Phase I behavior therapy development study seeks to improve treatment outcomes for methamphetamine (MA)-dependent subjects by developing a novel cognitive behavioral therapy- (CBT-) based short message service (SMS) text messaging intervention.

Conditions

Amphetamine-Related Disorders

Study ID

NCT01899313

Start date

May, 2014

Status verified date

May, 2014

Primary completion date

Jan, 2015

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • English-speaking adults ≥ 18 years who are seeking treatment for MA addiction.
  • Own a cellular phone with SMS text messaging capability and have an unlimited text messaging plan.
  • Available to attend CBT therapy groups.
  • Agreeable to conditions of the study and signed an informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Projected to be unavailable > 12 hours/day to read and send text messages.
  • Any medical or psychosocial condition that would preclude safe, useful, or consistent participation,

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: CBT- based SMS text messaging intervention

cognitive behavioral therapy- (CBT-) based short message service (SMS) text messaging intervention

placebo comparator: Placebo Texts

Placebo texts will be given instead of interventional texts

Interventions

CBT- based SMS text messaging intervention

CBT group therapy

Primary outcome measure

  • Proportion of MA-negative urine samples between the 2-week CBT text period and the 2-week control period [ Time Frame: 5 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Kathleen Garrison

415-600-3126garrisk@cpmcri.org

Reshmi Pal

415-600-1652palrx@cpmcri.org

Locations

New Leaf Treatment Center

Recruiting

Lafayette, California, United States, 94549

Contacts

Kathleen Garrison

415-600-1652garrisk@cpmcri.org

More Information

Sponsor

California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

Last update posted

May 14, 2014

Last verified

May, 2014

Keywords

  • methamphetamine dependence
  • texting
  • short message service
  • addiction
  • amphetamine
  • outpatient

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute on 2014-05-14.