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Behavioral Intervention

PartnerCHESS for Addiction

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By David H Gustafson, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline, 2, 4, 6 months
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Summary

This trial will test a new smartphone app called PartnerCHESS, which helps people recovering from alcohol use disorder and their partners. The app combines therapy techniques and relapse prevention tools, and it alerts doctors if the patient might relapse. The goal is to see if this app can improve recovery outcomes for couples dealing with AUD. The PartnerCHESS app is a new iteration of the A-CHESS system, which has previously shown improved drinking outcomes over standard continuing care.

Eligible Conditions
  • Addiction
  • Alcoholism
  • Couples

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, 2, 4, 6 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 2, 4, 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Number of Participants With no Heavy Drinking
Percentage of Days With Any Drinking
Percentage of Days With Heavy Drinking
Secondary study objectives
Commitment to Sobriety
Peer Support
Perceptions of Family Environment - Cohesion
+3 more
Other study objectives
Change in Relationship Violence
Change in number of Days Patient Used Other Drugs for Patient and Partner.
Change in number of other Health Service Interventions for Patient and Partner

Trial Design

4Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: PartnerCHESS PartnerExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Patient's partner randomized to the PartnerCHESS group will receive all A-CHESS services listed above, plus learning modules and resources from Alcohol-based Couple Therapy.
Group II: PartnerCHESS DrinkerExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Patients randomized to the PartnerCHESS group will receive all A-CHESS services listed above, plus learning modules and resources from Alcohol-based Couple Therapy.
Group III: A-CHESS DrinkerActive Control1 Intervention
Patients randomized to the A-CHESS group will receive the A-CHESS app on a smartphone.
Group IV: A-CHESS PartnerActive Control1 Intervention
Patient's partner randomized to the A-CHESS group will receive the A-CHESS app on a smartphone.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
PartnerCHESS
2021
N/A
~470

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Wisconsin, MadisonLead Sponsor
1,210 Previous Clinical Trials
3,157,671 Total Patients Enrolled
University of Massachusetts, WorcesterOTHER
356 Previous Clinical Trials
992,147 Total Patients Enrolled
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)NIH
823 Previous Clinical Trials
1,161,238 Total Patients Enrolled
~14 spots leftby Sep 2025
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