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- Clinical Trial NCT01090245
Using Incentives to Improve Parolee Participation and Attendance in Community Treatment (PIP)
Using Incentives to Improve Parolee Participation and Attendance in Community Tx
Under funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP), in collaboration with Walden House and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, is conducting a five-year study that will involve a randomized test of the use of incentives with parolees in a community-based residential substance abuse treatment program to increase treatment admission and treatment retention, and thereby increase the likelihood of improved outcomes. Study participants will be recruited from clients in a prison-based treatment program who have a referral to the Walden House community program. The Admission Phase of the study assesses the effect of an incentive (voucher) on enrolling in the Walden House program. The Attendance Phase assesses the effect of incentives on treatment attendance and on post-treatment drug use, crime, and psychosocial behaviors, including HIV risk behaviors. In addition, an incentive protocol will test whether an incentive will encourage participation in HIV testing and counseling. The intervention will last for six months.
Hypothesis 1. The use of incentives will significantly increase subject enrollment in community treatment.
Hypothesis 2. The use of incentives will significantly increase subject retention in community treatment.
Huypothesis 3. The use of incentives will significantly increase subject participation in HIV testing and counseling.
Study participants will be interviewed at baseline and at 12 months following the intervention. Treatment and criminal justice data will be obtained. Data on acceptability, satisfaction, and sustainability will be collected from focus groups with staff and clients.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
A considerable body of research indicates that prison-based treatment followed by continuing treatment in the community is effective in reducing drug abuse and crime among drug-abusing offenders. However, the impact of providing treatment is less than optimal because offenders often fail to follow through on treatment referrals, leave treatment early, or have poor engagement in treatment activities. In particular, participation in prison-based treatment alone is seldom effective in reducing drug use or recidivism unless it is followed by participation in community treatment. For correctional systems that provide a continuum of care model from prison to community, low rates of admission and retention result in poor outcomes and poor resource utilization. One way to address this problem is to provide incentives to parolees for community treatment participation. Although research supports the effectiveness of behavioral reinforcement, mainly in the form of contingency management (CM), for general substance abuse populations, CM has not yet been tested or adapted for use in community-based programs for offender populations, particularly to encourage treatment attendance.
In addition, recent research has documented elevated rates of HIV infection among incarcerated populations compared to the general population, with prevalence of HIV among inmates in US prisons being estimated to be 6 to 10 times higher than in the general population. Upon release from prison, parolees often immediately resume high-risk behaviors that they engaged in prior to incarceration. Because of the high level of exposure to HIV infection that accompanies drug use, particularly by injection, drug treatment programs for high-risk offenders can serve as a valuable setting for preventing the spread of HIV, both through HIV prevention/education activities and through access to HIV testing and counseling.
Under funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP), in collaboration with Walden House and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, is conducting a five-year study that will involve a randomized test of the use of incentives with parolees in a community-based residential substance abuse treatment to increase treatment admission and treatment retention, and thereby increase the likelihood of improved outcomes. Study participants will be recruited from clients in a prison-based treatment program who have a referral to the Walden House community program. The Admission Phase of the study assesses the effect of an incentive (voucher) on enrolling in the Walden House program. The Attendance Phase assesses the effect of incentives on treatment attendance and on post-treatment drug use, crime, and psychosocial behaviors, including HIV risk behaviors. In addition, an incentive protocol will test whether an incentive will encourage participation in HIV testing and counseling. The intervention will last for six months.
Hypothesis 1. The use of incentives will significantly increase subject enrollment in community treatment.
Hypothesis 2. The use of incentives will significantly increase subject retention in community treatment.
Huypothesis 3. The use of incentives will significantly increase subject participation in HIV testing and counseling.
Study participants will be interviewed at baseline and at 12 months following the intervention. Treatment and criminal justice data will be obtained. Data on acceptability, satisfaction, and sustainability will be collected from focus groups with staff and clients.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 18 years of age
- English speaking
- Within one month of parole
- Able to provide informed consent to participate in the study
- Received a referral to the Walden House Los Angeles Transitional Treatment Center
Exclusion Criteria:
- Potential subjects will be excluded from participating if they have serious cognitive problems that preclude their ability to provide informed consent or understanding of the questionnaire items, if they are a sexually violent predator or a child molester or if they have severe mental health problems.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Attendance Information Group
Participants in the Attendance Information Group will receive an individual information session along with a pamphlet describing the benefits of remaining in treatment after release from prison and on the benefits of HIV prevention and testing.
In addition, they will receive the standard treatment offered by the Walden House Los Angeles program.
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Attendance Information Group will receive an individual information session along with a pamphlet describing the benefits of remaining in treatment after release from prison and on the benefits of HIV prevention and testing.
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Experimental: Attendance Incentive Group
Participants in the Attendance Incentive Group could receive up to $841.50 in incentives for their treatment attendance and the standard treatment offered by the Walden House Los Angeles program.
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Contingency management: Escalation with reset for non-attendance.
Daily.
Up to $841.50 in incentives for treatment attendance.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Community treatment admission
Time Frame: Within 7 days of release to parole
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Within 7 days of release to parole
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Community treatment retention
Time Frame: 6 months
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6 months
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Participation in HIV testing and counseling
Time Frame: 2 months
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2 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Substance abuse
Time Frame: 18 months after release from prison
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18 months after release from prison
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Arrest and reincarceration
Time Frame: 18 months after release from prison
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18 months after release from prison
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psychosocial: employment, education, family relationships, psychological functioning, and HIV risk
Time Frame: 18 months after release from prison
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employment, education, family relationships, psychological functioning, and HIV risk
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18 months after release from prison
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Michael L Prendergast, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
- Study Director: Elizabeth A Hall, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Publications and helpful links
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Study Completion (Actual)
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First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
- substance abuse treatment
- contingency management
- criminal justice populations
- substance abuse treatment retention
- HIV prevention in criminal justice settings
- voucher based reinforcement therapy
- Parole treatment admission for substance abusing parolees
- Parole treatment retention for substance abusing parolees
- HIV testing and counseling for substance abusing parolees
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 1R01DA025627-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
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