Internet Based Cognitive Behavior Treatment for Alcohol Problems

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
• Main ID: NCT02384278
• Date of registration: 26/02/2015
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Karolinska Institutet
• Public title: Internet Based Cognitive Behavior Treatment for Alcohol Problems ICBT-AP
• Scientific title: Internet Based Cognitive Behavior Treatment for Alcohol Problems: A Pilot Study
• Date of first enrolment: March 2015
• Target sample size: 13
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02384278
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Sweden

Contacts

• Name: Anne H Berman, PhD
• Affiliation: Karolinska Institutet

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- = 18 years

- access to the Internet

- problematic alcohol use defined as = 16 p or more for men and = 14 p or more for women
in the Alcohol Use Identification Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

- not adequately fluent in Swedish

- reading or writing impairment if this is so severe as to affect treatment

- ongoing psychological treatment with content similar to the treatment being studied

- suicide risk defined as = 4 p på MADRS-S Q 9 or through a telephone interview with
clinician

- severe depression defined as MADRS-S = 30 p

- somatic or psychiatric conditions that are contraindicated for the treatment such as
psychosis, bipolar disorder (depressive or manic phase), severe post traumatic stress
disorder.

- has during the last 3 weeks begun using medication for alcohol problems or other
psychiatric disorder



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Alcohol Use Disorders

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Internet-based CBT for alcohol problems

Primary Outcome(s)

Time Line Follow Back (TLFB) [Time Frame: Baseline, 14 and 26 weeks]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) [Time Frame: Baseline, 14 and 26 weeks]

Readiness to Change Questionnaire (RTCQ) [Time Frame: Baseline, 14 and 26 weeks]

Alcohol Abstinence Self Efficacy Scale (AASES) [Time Frame: Baseline, 14 and 26 weeks]

World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) [Time Frame: Baseline, 14 and 26 weeks]

Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale - self report (MADRS-S) [Time Frame: Baseline, 14 and 26 weeks]

Drug Use Identification Test (DUDIT) [Time Frame: Baseline, 14 and 26 weeks]

Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS) [Time Frame: Baseline, 14 and 26 weeks]

Secondary ID(s)

ID10

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Göteborg University