Mobile Contingency Management for Concurrent Abstinence From Alcohol and Smoking

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-03-02
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Alcohol misuse and smoking constitute two of the three leading preventable causes of death in the United States. The purpose of this research study is to develop an intervention designed to help people stop drinking alcohol and stop smoking at the same time.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Duke University
• Treatments: Bupropion; Ethanol; Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• currently meet criteria for DSM-5 mild to moderate alcohol use disorder (meeting 2-5 criteria for AUD)

• have been engaging in hazardous drinking over the past month, defined as either exceeding a mean of 14 standard drinks/wk for men, 7 drinks/wk for women; or by consuming >5 on at least one occasion in the last month for men, >4 drinks on at least one occasion in the last month for women

• currently smoke >10 cigarettes a day, and have smoked for at least one year

• can speak and write fluent conversational English

• are willing to make an attempt to quit both alcohol and smoking

Exclusion Criteria:

• are expected to have unstable medication regimen during the study

• are currently receiving non-study behavioral treatment for alcohol use disorder or smoking

• have severe alcohol use disorder (meeting >6 criteria for AUD or having alcohol withdrawal symptom criterion)

• have AUD that is in early remission, with no symptoms evident over the past month

• have experienced myocardial infarction in past 6 months

• contraindication to nicotine replacement therapy with no medical clearance to participate in the study

• use other forms of nicotine such as cigars, pipes, or chewing tobacco

• are currently pregnant

• have a primary psychotic disorder or current manic episode

• have had substance use disorder (other than alcohol or nicotine) in the preceding 3 months

• are currently imprisoned or in psychiatric hospitalization