Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery Study (SMART)

June 9, 2023 updated by: Yale University

Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery Involvement and Alcohol Use Outcomes

This study identifies whether and how online support groups may work to confer therapeutic benefits onto its participants.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Online support groups (e.g., SMART Recovery) are an increasingly common non-professional intervention for people who engage in problematic alcohol use, but it is unclear how they help participants reduce their use.

The primary objective of this study is to determine whether alcohol use decreases more after attending online SMART Recovery psychoeducational support group meetings, as compared to receiving psychoeducational content alone.

The secondary objectives are to identify whether variables such as quality of life and recovery capital (i.e., resources to support recovery from addiction) relate to treatment outcomes.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Is fluent in English and have a 6th grade reading level or higher
  • AUDIT score of ≥8
  • Has some desire to cut down or quit their alcohol use
  • Has access to a phone or computer with reliable internet connection, a functional microphone and camera
  • Is willing to consent to being audio and video recorded during the meetings

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Is not able to commit to the 6 weeks of intervention and the one- and three-month follow-up.
  • Has vulnerable population status (e.g., pregnant people, prisoners)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Psychoeducation Condition
Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.
Other: Psychoeducational Email
Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.
Experimental: Support Group Condition
Participants will attend six weekly online SMART Recovery meetings in groups of five to eight.
Behavioral: Support Group
Support Group condition, meetings will be held online via HIPAA-compliant Zoom and run by a trained SMART Recovery meeting facilitator

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in past-month alcohol use: drinking days
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) will be used via survey to characterize changes in alcohol and other drug use for study participants. Percent Drinking Days will be derived from self-report on TLFB.
Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Change in past-month alcohol drug use: heavy drinking days
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) will be used via survey to characterize changes in alcohol and other drug use for study participants. Percent Heavy Drinking Days will be derived from self-report on TLFB.
Baseline, 1 month and 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Quality of Life
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Quality of life will be assessed using the WHOQOL-BREF via survey; a 26-item self-report measure of quality of life in four domains. Scores range from 1-5. Each domain score is averaged. Higher scores indicate higher quality of life. .
Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Change in recovery capital
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Recovery capital will be assessed using the Assessment of Recovery Capital via survey; A 50-item self-report measure of recovery capital with ten domains; each item is rated in binary, score ranges from 0-50; higher scores indicate higher recovery capital.
Baseline, 1 month and 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Yale University

Collaborators

Society of Addiction Psychology

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Marc Potenza, PhD, MD, Yale University: Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

April 1, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 22, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 22, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

March 6, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 12, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 9, 2023

Last Verified

June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2000034747

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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