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Enhancing Prospective Thinking in Early Recovery

Sponsored by Indiana University

About this trial

Last updated a year ago

Study ID

1805574553; Aims 5-6

Status

Recruiting

Type

Interventional

Phase

N/A

Placebo

No

Accepting

18-75 Years
18+ Years
All
All

Not accepting

Not accepting
Healthy Volunteers

Trial Timing

Started 2 years ago

What is this trial about?

The goal of this clinical trial is to use a novel virtual reality intervention to test for efficacy in reducing stimulant use and increasing abstinence, with concomitant increases in future self-identification, future time perspective, and delay-of-reward, in early recovering stimulant use disorder (StUD) persons. The main question[s] this trial aims to answer are: - Will the Virtual Reality (VR) intervention decrease the number of stimulant use days? - Will the VR intervention produce longer abstinence periods during follow-up visits? - Will the VR intervention increase stimulant drug abstinence rates? - Will the VR intervention increase future self-identification? - Will the VR intervention increase self-reported future time perspective? - Will the VR intervention increase preference for delayed rewards in a laboratory delay discounting task on the study day? - Will the VR intervention produce gains in the behavioral effects of future self-identification, future time perspective, and delayed rewards at the 30-day and 6-month follow-ups? Researchers will compare the experimental and control groups to see if there are differences in the results for the questions outlined above.

What are the participation requirements?

Yes

Inclusion Criteria

- Abstinence between ≥14 days and ≤1 year

- At least 18 years old

- Verbal endorsement of commitment to recovery

- Outpatient

- Psychotropic drugs for SUD-comorbidity

- Drug/alcohol abstinence ≥ 24 hours at the time of the study day visit

- English comprehension

No

Exclusion Criteria

- Unstable medical disorders

- Less than 18 years old

- Habitual drug use

- Mu-opioid drugs

- Smell/taste disorders

- Unstable psychiatric conditions

- Extravagant/elaborate face tattoos

Locations

Location

Status

Recruiting