Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Ms Dolors Manuel Riu
ORCID ID
Contact details
Hounslow Substance Misuse Team
West Middlesex Hospital
Twickenham Road
Isleworth
London
TW7 6AF
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 8321 5070
abc@email.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0195124470
Study information
Scientific title
Self-help (SH) versus guided self-help (GSH) in enhancing motivation to change among opiate abusers
Acronym
Study hypothesis
1. Will the use of SH for motivation enhancement produce client progress across stages of change and reduction in substance use?
2. Will the use of GSH for motivation enhancement produce better outcomes than the use of unguided SH?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Drug abuse
Intervention
Pre-treatment, opiate abusers will be randomly allocated to one of three motivational conditions - no intervention; self-help; guided self-help. The impact of these conditions will be measured over time on drop-out, drug use and motivational level.
Intervention type
Behavioural
Phase
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Reduction in drop-out from treatment and drug use (urine screening)
2. Improvement in motivational level
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/03/2003
Overall trial end date
01/03/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Opiate abusers referred to Hounslow Substance Misuse Team
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/03/2003
Recruitment end date
01/03/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
West Middlesex Hospital
London
TW7 6AF
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
London West Mental R&D Consortium (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list