CompletedNot Applicable

Employment-based Reinforcement to Motivate Drug Abstinence in the Treatment of Drug Addiction. - 2

United States40 participantsStarted 1996-10

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether long-term exposure to the Therapeutic Workplace intervention could sustain drug abstinence over an extended period of time in heroin- and cocaine-dependent, unemployed, treatment-resistant young mothers.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 50 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * When originally enrolled in the study, participants were at least 18 years old, unemployed, and methadone maintenance patients of the Center for Addiction and Pregnancy (CAP) who continued to use opiates or cocaine during CAP treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants were excluded if they were at risk for suicide at the time of intake or if they had serious psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia).

What they're measuring

Percentage of urine samples at the assessments that were negative for cocaine

Timeframe: every 30 days throughout fourth year

Percentage of urine samples at the assessments that were negative for opiates

Timeframe: every 30 days throughout fourth year

Percentage of urine samples at the assessments that were negative for cocaine and opiates

Timeframe: every 30 days throughout fourth year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00249457

SponsorJohns Hopkins University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2006-01

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