Improving Outcomes Among Medical/Surgical Inpatients With Alcohol Use Disorders
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03258632 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 23, 2017
Results First Posted : April 17, 2024
Last Update Posted : April 17, 2024
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First Submitted Date ICMJE | August 15, 2017 | ||||||
First Posted Date ICMJE | August 23, 2017 | ||||||
Results First Submitted Date ICMJE | February 24, 2023 | ||||||
Results First Posted Date ICMJE | April 17, 2024 | ||||||
Last Update Posted Date | April 17, 2024 | ||||||
Actual Study Start Date ICMJE | September 1, 2018 | ||||||
Actual Primary Completion Date | December 26, 2021 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||||
Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
Time Line Follow Back [ Time Frame: Alcohol use in the past 30 days, assessed at 12-month follow-up ] The investigators will use the Timeline Follow-Back (TLFB) to assess abstinence from alcohol use during the 30 days preceding assessment. The TLFB is a widely used, standardized, calendar-based retrospective self-report assessment to quantify daily alcohol use. The investigators will examine the primary outcome of abstinence from alcohol use at 12-month follow-up.
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Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
Time Line Follow Back [ Time Frame: 90 days ] The investigators will use the Timeline Follow-Back (TLFB) to assess alcohol use during the 90 days preceding assessment. The TLFB is a widely used, standardized, calendar-based retrospective self-report assessment to quantify daily alcohol use. The investigators will examine the primary outcome of percent of drinking days.
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Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
Utilization of Substance Use-related Care [ Time Frame: 12 months ] The investigators used a TLFB approach to assess utilization of substance use-related care (any receipt of outpatient and/or residential treatment for alcohol and/or drug problems, yes or no) between baseline and the 12-month follow-up.
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Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
TLFB [ Time Frame: 90 days ] The investigators will use the TLFB to assess percent of heavy drinking days (i.e., 4 or more standard drinks for women, 5 or more standard drinks for men, per day) during the past 90 days.
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Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||||
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||||
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Brief Title ICMJE | Improving Outcomes Among Medical/Surgical Inpatients With Alcohol Use Disorders | ||||||
Official Title ICMJE | Improving Outcomes Among Medical/Surgical Inpatients With Alcohol Use Disorders | ||||||
Brief Summary | This project aims to help Veterans who are in medical treatment and have untreated alcohol problems. First, the investigators adapted a Decision Aid that explains alcohol-related treatment options and their risks and benefits. Then, the investigators are determining the effectiveness of an intervention called DO-MoST (for Drinking Options-Motivate, Shared Decisions, Telemonitor), whereby a Decision Coach helps Veterans make decisions about alcohol-related behaviors and treatments they prefer, and keeps in contact by phone to continue to help with drinking and treatment decisions. DO-MoST is designed to increase rates at which Veterans decide to reduce or quit drinking, and begin and remain in treatment, and to improve drinking- and medical-related outcomes over time. It may also decrease Veterans' use of expensive health services such as hospitalizations and emergency visits. Finally, the investigators will study how VA can use DO-MoST on an ongoing, more widespread basis. The project should increase patient-centered health care for Veterans with alcohol problems to benefit their recovery. | ||||||
Detailed Description | In fiscal year 2014, over 57,000 Veterans with diagnosed alcohol use disorders (AUDs) received VHA inpatient medical-surgical services. This likely underrepresents the prevalence of AUDs among Veteran inpatients, because these conditions often go undiagnosed during hospital stays. The high prevalence of AUDs among VHA medical and surgical patients is of critical concern because AUDs and medical conditions exacerbate one another, and their co-occurrence increases the use of costly health services. Yet, there are no evidence-based strategies that improve outcomes in this patient population by means of increased utilization (initiation, engagement) of AUD treatment services. The investigators have identified Drinking Options: Motivate, Shared Decisions, Telemonitor (DO-MoST) as a potential solution to the critical need for evidence-based strategies. This project is evaluating DO-MoST as a new and innovative intervention to facilitate the transition from medical-surgical care to AUD treatment in primary and specialty care settings, thereby improving Veterans' AUD and medical outcomes. DO-MoST entails use of motivational interviewing and a decision aid during the inpatient stay to facilitate informed choices about drinking options and resources for help to change drinking, if desired, followed by telephone calls with the patient to continue to motivate and support decisions. In addition to determining the effectiveness of DO-MoST, this project includes a process evaluation - that is, will gather information from providers and patients on DO-MoST's implementation at the two project sites - to inform VA's potential widespread implementation of DO-MoST with medical-surgical patients with AUDs. Using an effectiveness/implementation Hybrid Type 1 design, incorporating a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and process evaluation to facilitate future implementation, this project has three Specific Aims. Aim 1: Adapt a decision aid being implemented with AUD patients in non-VA primary care settings to be appropriate for Veterans with AUDs in medical-surgical treatment settings. With this prototype, the investigators will conduct alpha testing with patients and providers, and adapt and pilot the decision aid to finalize it for use in the RCT. Aim 2: Conduct DO-MoST at two VA facilities (Ann Arbor and Palo Alto) and evaluate its effectiveness. The primary hypotheses are: Patients in DO-MoST, compared to patients in usual care (UC), will be more likely to (1) utilize AUD help (initiate, engage), (2) have better AUD (fewer heavy drinking days) and medical (physical status) outcomes, and (3) have fewer and more delayed acute care episodes (Emergency Department visits, rehospitalizations). Patients will be assessed at baseline, and 3, 6, and 12 months post-baseline, for outcomes and non-VA health care; VA health care will be assessed with VA databases. GLMM analyses will be conducted to compare the UC and DO-MoST groups on course of outcomes. Aim 3: Conduct a qualitative process evaluation to inform the wider implementation of DO-MoST, using the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) framework. The purpose is to provide guidance for VA facilities' broader adoption of DO-MoST in the future, including its possible adaptation for diverse subpopulations of Veterans, such as patients with mental health diagnoses (e.g., PTSD). In summary, this project will develop a decision aid and comprehensively examine DO-MoST as a novel and groundbreaking approach to providing a bridge between medical-surgical treatment and AUD treatment. Decision Aids have been used successfully in a number of contexts, but never with medical-AUD patients. The investigator's operations partners from VHA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, and Medical Service, are committed to directly addressing the dangerous, costly pattern of Veterans obtaining medical-surgical services but not receiving the AUD treatment they need. The project is focused on priorities in the VA Blueprint for Excellence, of HSR&D Service, and of the PIs' HSR&D Centers of Innovation. |
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Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | ||||||
Study Phase ICMJE | Not Applicable | ||||||
Study Design ICMJE | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Health Services Research |
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Condition ICMJE | Alcohol Use Disorder | ||||||
Intervention ICMJE | Behavioral: Drinking Options - Motivate, Shared Decisions, Telemonitor (DO-MoST)
Patients will attend one 50-minute individual session with a Decision Coach (a trained clinical provider, e.g., MSW). Patients in DO-MoST will also attend 6 biweekly 15-minute telephone sessions from the same Decision Coach.
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Publications * | Timko C, Lewis M, Lor MC, Aldaco-Revilla L, Blonigen D, Ilgen M. Hazardous Drinking Interventions Delivered During Medical-Surgical Care: Patient and Provider Views. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2024 Mar;31(1):224-235. doi: 10.1007/s10880-023-09954-4. Epub 2023 Mar 23. | ||||||
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
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Recruitment Information | |||||||
Recruitment Status ICMJE | Completed | ||||||
Actual Enrollment ICMJE |
155 | ||||||
Original Estimated Enrollment ICMJE |
292 | ||||||
Actual Study Completion Date ICMJE | May 31, 2022 | ||||||
Actual Primary Completion Date | December 26, 2021 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||||
Eligibility Criteria ICMJE | Inclusion Criteria: Medical-surgical inpatients with alcohol use disorder at the Ann Arbor or Palo Alto VA. Specifically:
Exclusion Criteria: See inclusion criteria. |
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Ages ICMJE | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) | ||||||
Accepts Healthy Volunteers ICMJE | No | ||||||
Contacts ICMJE | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | ||||||
Listed Location Countries ICMJE | United States | ||||||
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NCT Number ICMJE | NCT03258632 | ||||||
Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE | IIR 15-298 | ||||||
Has Data Monitoring Committee | Yes | ||||||
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IPD Sharing Statement ICMJE |
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Current Responsible Party | VA Office of Research and Development | ||||||
Original Responsible Party | Same as current | ||||||
Current Study Sponsor ICMJE | VA Office of Research and Development | ||||||
Original Study Sponsor ICMJE | Same as current | ||||||
Collaborators ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||||
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PRS Account | VA Office of Research and Development | ||||||
Verification Date | April 2024 | ||||||
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