A Peer Recovery Coaching Intervention for Hospitalized Alcohol Use Disorder Patients

ConditionAlcohol Use Disorder

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18-75

SponsorClemson University

About this trial

The project objective is to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of a peer recovery coaching intervention (called RC-Link) in patients hospitalized with medical complications from alcohol use on recovery outcomes guided by the new NIAAA definition of recovery, examine mechanisms of heavy drinking using daily ecological momentary assessment (EMA), and determine the program's cost-effectiveness using an randomized controlled trial (RCT) design. The primary outcomes are frequency of heavy drinking, biopsychosocial functioning, and remission from AUD.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Live within 50 miles of the recruitment and plan to stay in the area for at least 6 months

Current DSM-V criteria for moderate or severe AUD (measured by a score of ≥4 on the DSM-V Checklist)

Hospitalized with a principal, primary, or secondary AUD-related diagnosis

Disqualifiers

Unable to provide informed consent

Patients referred to hospice during hospitalization

Women who are pregnant

Comorbid diagnosis or at-risk for methamphetamine, cocaine, or opioid use disorder as determined by a score of ≥4 on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Modified Assist v3.0

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Peer recovery coaching (PRC)
Brief Intervention (SBIRT)

Treatment groups

750 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Clemson University

Lead sponsor

Prisma Health-Upstate

Collaborator

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov