Trial reportAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2018
Remote Alcohol Monitoring to Facilitate Incentive-Based Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Trial.
Trial report in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.
- Financial Incentives for Substance Abstinence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of remotely delivered contingency management treatment for substance use.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Pooled it
- Understanding How and Why Alcohol Interventions Prevent and Reduce Problematic Alcohol Consumption among Older Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Mobile telephone-delivered contingency management interventions promoting behaviour change in individuals with substance use disorders: a meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Pooled it
- The ASAM/AAAP Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder.Journal of addiction medicineGuideline
- Participant experiences with a text message and contingency management intervention for alcohol use during pregnancy and lactation in Cape Town, South Africa.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Trial
- Abstinence-contingent wage supplements for adults experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorder: A randomized clinical trial.Preventive medicine · 2023Trial
- A combined laboratory and field test of a smartphone breath alcohol device and blood alcohol concentration estimator to facilitate moderate drinking among young adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Trial
- Future thinking to decrease real-world drinking in alcohol use disorder: Repairing reinforcer pathology in a randomized proof-of-concept trial.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Trial
- Remotely administered incentive-based treatment for alcohol use disorder with participant-funded incentives is effective but less accessible to low-income participants.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Trial
- Remotely delivered incentives to promote buprenorphine treatment engagement in out-of-treatment adults with opioid use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Digital delivery of a contingency management intervention for substance use disorder: A feasibility study with DynamiCare Health.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Trial
- To drink or to drink less? Distinguishing between effects of implementation intentions on decisions to drink and how much to drink in treatment-seeking individuals with alcohol use disorder.Addictive behaviors · 2018Trial
- The feasibility of integrating remote breath alcohol monitoring into ecological momentary assessment of intimate partner violence among young adults with a history of heavy drinking and aggression.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- App-based contingency management to reduce heavy drinking days among smokers receiving varenicline: Feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy indicators from a phase I analog trial.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Episodic Future Thinking as an Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder: Effects on Delay Discounting and Real-World Alcohol Consumption.Research square · 2026Article
- Toward a Predictive Model of Success in Contingency Management: A Proof of Concept Study Utilizing Behavioral Economic, Clinical Severity, and Alcohol Use Severity Measures.The Psychological record · 2026Article
- Barriers to alcohol intervention program: a scoping review.Korean journal of family medicine · 2025Article
- Current approaches using remote monitoring technology in alcohol use disorder (AUD): an integrative review.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Review
- The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for reducing problematic substance use, mental ill health, and housing instability in people experiencing homelessness in high income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Campbell systematic reviews · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe delivery of monetary incentives contingent on verified abstinence is an effective treatment for alcohol use disorder. However, technological barriers to accurate, frequent biochemical verification of alcohol abstinence have limited the dissemination of this technique.
methodsIn the present randomized parallel trial, we employed a breathalyzer that allows remote, user-verified collection of a breath alcohol sample, text messaging, and reloadable debit cards for remote delivery of incentives to evaluate a contingency management treatment for alcohol use disorder that can be delivered with no in-person contact. Treatment-seeking participants with alcohol use disorder (n = 40) were recruited from the community and randomized to either a contingent or a noncontingent group (n = 20 each). The contingent group received nearly immediate monetary incentives each day they remotely provided negative breathalyzer samples. The noncontingent group received matched monetary payments each day they successfully provided samples independent of alcohol content. Groups were not masked as awareness of group contingencies was an essential intervention component.
resultsThe primary outcome of the intent-to-treat analyses (analyzed n = 40) was percent days abstinent as measured by the remote breathalyzer samples. Abstinence rates in the contingent group were 85%, which was significantly higher than the 38% recorded in the noncontingent group, corresponding to an odds ratio of 9.4 (95% CI = 4.0 to 22.2). Breathalyzer collection adherence rates were over 95%, and participant ratings of acceptability were also high.
conclusionsThese results support the efficacy, acceptability, and feasibility of this remotely deliverable abstinence reinforcement incentive intervention for the initiation and near-term maintenance of abstinence from alcohol in adults with alcohol use disorder. Due to low provider and participant burden, this procedure has the potential for broad dissemination.
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