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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 15 April 2013
Main ID:  NCT01090245
Date of registration: 16/03/2010
Primary sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
Public title: Using Incentives to Improve Parolee Participation and Attendance in Community Treatment PIP
Scientific title: Using Incentives to Improve Parolee Participation and Attendance in Community Tx
Date of first enrolment: April 2010
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01090245
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:   Elizabeth A Hall, Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  University of California, Los Angeles
Name:   Michael L Prendergast, Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  University of California, Los Angeles
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- At least 18 years of age

- English speaking

- Within one month of parole

- Able to provide informed consent to participate in the study

- Received a referral to the Walden House Los Angeles Transitional Treatment Center

Exclusion Criteria:

- Potential subjects will be excluded from participating if they have serious cognitive
problems that preclude their ability to provide informed consent or understanding of
the questionnaire items, if they are a sexually violent predator or a child molester
or if they have severe mental health problems.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
HIV Infections
Substance Abuse
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Contingency management: voucher/monetary incentives for treatment attendance
Behavioral: Information
Primary Outcome(s)
Community treatment admission [Time Frame: Within 7 days of release to parole]
Community treatment retention [Time Frame: 6 months]
Participation in HIV testing and counseling [Time Frame: 2 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Arrest and reincarceration [Time Frame: 18 months after release from prison]
psychosocial: employment, education, family relationships, psychological functioning, and HIV risk [Time Frame: 18 months after release from prison]
Substance abuse [Time Frame: 18 months after release from prison]
Secondary ID(s)
1 R01 DA025627-01A1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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