N/A
N=98
Effectiveness of Contingency Management in the Treatment of Crack Addiction in Brazil
Substance Use Disorders · Contingency Management · Addiction, Cocaine
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03345394 ↗Enrolled (actual)
98
Serious AEs
—
Results posted
Apr 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Pattern of Crack Cocaine Use — 14.3; 40.7 percent of negative cocaine samples
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Contingency Management (Behavioral); Standard treatment (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
- Primary completion
- Dec 2020
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Pattern of Crack Cocaine Use |
14.3; 40.7 | — |
| PRIMARY Promotion of Continuous Crack Cocaine Abstinence |
1.5; 4.35 | — |
| SECONDARY Treatment Retention |
3.4; 7 | — |
Summary
Crack addiction has become a severe public health problem in Brazil. Crack users present elevated prevalence rates of psychiatric comorbidities, sexual transmitted infections and unemployment with high probability of living or have lived in the streets, history of incarceration and engagement in illegal activities. For the last 20 years a treatment called Contingency Management (CM) have achieved the best results regarding reduction of substance use, promotion of abstinence, treatment attendance and retention in treatment. The first CM study conducted in Brazil advocates for the efficacy of CM on all of these outcomes, suggesting that CM can be effective in a Brazilian population of crack users.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- DSM-V diagnose for crack cocaine use disorder
Exclusion Criteria
- being under 18 years old
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03345394). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.