Status:
COMPLETED
Brief Therapy Intervention for Heavy/Hazardous Drinking in HIV-Positive Women
Lead Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Conditions:
HIV Infections
Alcoholism
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether two brief counseling sessions reduce drinking and improve health outcomes in HIV-positive women who drink at heavy/hazardous levels. Also, the study s...
Detailed Description
Heavy alcohol use negatively impacts HIV/AIDS in several important ways. It increases HIV-risk behaviors, impairs the immune system and accelerates HIV disease progression. Heavy alcohol use also inte...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Heavy/hazardous drinking levels (i.e., consuming 8 or more drinks per week, or have reported at least two heavy drinking occasions \[4 or more drinks/drinking episode\] in the last six months, or score positively on the CAGE or T-ACE).
- HIV-positive
- Receiving HIV care in Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) Moore Clinic
Exclusion
- Actively psychotic and other severe mental health symptoms
- Current enrollment in alcohol or drug treatment
- Current enrollment in Hopkins psychiatric services
- Pregnancy (because of the ethical concern of randomization to standard care)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
148 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00127231
Start Date
September 1 2007
End Date
November 1 2010
Last Update
December 6 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205