Brief Intervention for ICU Patients With Alcohol Use Disorders

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• Last refreshed on: 21 November 2022
• Main ID: NCT03047577
• Date of registration: 07/02/2017
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: University of Helsinki
• Public title: Brief Intervention for ICU Patients With Alcohol Use Disorders ICU-BI
• Scientific title: Brief Intervention for ICU Patients With Alcohol Use Disorders- a Randomized Controlled Trial
• Date of first enrolment: March 30, 2017
• Target sample size: 237
• Recruitment status: Terminated
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03047577
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Finland

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- AUDIT-C score >5 (women) and >6 (men)

- Non-elective admission to the ICU

Exclusion Criteria:

- Terminal illness (expected to survive less than 6 months), palliative care

- Diagnosed severe mental illness (psychos, severe depression, bipolar disorder,
personality disorder)

- Cognitive disability

- Diagnosed dementia

- Impaired level of consciousness at discharge from the ICU (expected to remain
unchanged >2 days

- Other substance abuse (excluding cigarette smoking)

- Ongoing treatment for alcohol dependency

- Insufficient language skills (finnish/swedish)

- Expected difficulty in getting contacted by mail or telephone (no permanent address or
telephone in use)



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

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Alcohol Use Disorder

Critically Ill

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Brief intervention

Primary Outcome(s)

Reported total amount of alcohol consumed during preceding week [Time Frame: 6 months after study enrollment]

Reported total amount of alcohol consumed during preceding week [Time Frame: 12 months after study enrollment]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Quality of life [Time Frame: One year after study enrollment]

Change in AUDIT score [Time Frame: 12 months after study enrollment]

Change in AUDIT score [Time Frame: 6 months after study enrollment]

Mortality [Time Frame: One year after study enrollment]

Secondary ID(s)

TYH2017105

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors