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AlcoholismODHIN_RCTNCT01501552

Trial Testing the Effect of Strategies on Performance of Brief Intervention Programmes for Harmful Alcohol Consumption

A study testing Training and support (T&S), Financial incentive and E-SBI (online screening and brief intervention) in people with Alcoholism, run by Fundacion Clinic per a la Recerca Biomédica at 10 sites in 5 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The overall objective is to study if training and support, financial reimbursement and referral to an internet based brief intervention programme, singly or in combination, may increase implementation of evidence based methods of identification and brief intervention for excessive alcohol consumption in routine… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Alcoholism
What is being tested?
Training and support (T&S), Financial incentive and E-SBI (online screening and brief intervention)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
120 participants
Where
10 sitesin 5 countries
Study dates
Jan 2012to Dec 2014
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Primary Health Care Units (PHCU) of approximate size of 5.000-20.000 registered patients
  • Primary Health Care Units (PHCU) located in Spain, Poland, Sweden, England or The Netherlands
  • Providers must be physicians or nurses

Who cannot join

  • Primary Health Care Units with less than 5.000 registered patients or over 20.000 registered patients

Trial locations and contacts

10 sites in 5 countries.

10 sites in 5 countries

United Kingdom3 sites
  • King's College London

    London, England, SE1 8WA

  • University College, London

    London, England, WC1E 6HJ

  • University of Newcastle Upon-Tyne

    Newcastle upon Tyne, England, NE1 7RU

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Netherlands2 sites
  • Maastricht University

    Maastricht, Netherlands, 229 ER

  • Stichting Katholieke Universiteit

    Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6525 HP

Other trials in Netherlands

Poland2 sites
  • Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie

    Szczecin, Poland, 70 204

  • Panstwowa Agencja Rozwiazywania Problemow Alkoholowych

    Warsaw, Poland, 01 458

Other trials in Poland

Sweden2 sites
  • Goeteborgs Universitet

    Gothenburg, Sweden, PO Box 100, SE-405 30

  • Linköping University

    Linköping, Sweden, SE-581 83

Other trials in Sweden

Spain1 site
  • Departament de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya

    Barcelona, Catalonia, 08005

Other trials in Spain

About this study

Official title: Randomised Controlled Trial Testing the Incremental Effect of Strategies That Raise Awareness, Acceptance and Performance of Identification and Brief Intervention Programmes for Harmful Alcohol Consumption in Primary Health Care

The overall objective is to study if training and support, financial reimbursement and referral to an internet based brief intervention programme, singly or in combination, may increase implementation of evidence based methods of identification and brief intervention for excessive alcohol consumption in routine primary health care.

Read the detailed description

The study will be a stepped cluster RCT in 5 countries and the endpoint of the study is the number of interventions delivered during a certain time period. More specifically, the RCT will examine:

  • The effect of Continuous Medical Education (CME) to PHC providers
  • The effect of financial reimbursement to PHC providers as a pay-for-performance of brief alcohol interventions
  • Whether an alternative internet based method of delivering brief intervention can increase the proportion of patients reached
  • If one implementation strategy will give an added value to one already enforced.
Conditions
Alcoholism
Being tested
Training and support (T&S), Financial incentive, E-SBI (online screening and brief intervention)
Keywords
Primary health care, Identification and Brief Intervention Programmes, Hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption
Medical subject headings
Alcoholism

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Training and support (T&S)Other

    Two face-to-face educational meetings of at least one hour and a maximum of 2 hours, and one telephone support call of at least ten minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes. The telephone call will be offered to one of the GPs ('leader'). Depending on the needs of the PHCU, one additional face to face training (1 to 2 hours) may be offered. The time interval between meetings will be on average 2 weeks. The training sessions will address improving knowledge, skills, attitudes, and perceived barriers and facilitators by combining theory and practice-based training.

  • Financial incentiveOther

    Groups will receive a financial incentive depending on their screening and brief intervention activities. They will be paid for the performance, with the country dependent system of pay (fee for item or fee for achieving set rates) and based on normal practices and financial rates for financial incentives for clinical preventive activities.

  • E-SBI (online screening and brief intervention)Other

    Referring identified at-risk patients to an approved e-SBI programme, which will be either country specific (where these exist) or based on the WHO e-SBI programme (Poland).

Study groups in NCT01501552
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment as usualNo interventionIn the no-intervention treatment as usual group, a package, containing a summary card of the national guideline recommendation, will be delivered to each provider unit without demonstration. In Poland, the summary card will be adapted from the PHEPA guidelines (ref) for the purposes of this trial. The treatment as usual group will be requested to screen and offer person-to-person SBI at the PHCU.
Training & support (T&S)ExperimentalThe T\&S only group will be offered two face-to-face educational meetings of at least one hour and a maximum of 2 hours, and one telephone support call of at least ten minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes. The telephone call will be offered to one of the GPs ('leader'). Depending on the needs of the PHCU, one additional face to face training (1 to 2 hours) may be offered. The time interval between meetings will be on average 2 weeks. The training sessions will address improving knowledge, skills, attitudes, and perceived barriers and facilitators by combining theory and practice-based training.
Receives: Other: Training and support (T&S)
Financial incentiveExperimentalThe financial incentive only group will receive a financial incentive depending on their screening and brief intervention activities. They will be paid for the performance, with the country dependent system of pay (fee for item or fee for achieving set rates) and based on normal practices and financial rates for financial incentives for clinical preventive activities.
Receives: Other: Financial incentive
E-SBIExperimentalThe e-SBI (online screening and brief intervention)only group are expected to refer identified at-risk patients to an approved e-SBI programme, which will be either country specific (where these exist) or based on the WHO e-SBI programme (Poland).
Receives: Other: E-SBI (online screening and brief intervention)
T&S and financial incentiveExperimentalThe T\&S and financial incentive group will be offered two face-to-face educational meetings of at least one hour and a maximum of 2 hours, and one telephone support call of at least ten minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes. Also, they will receive a financial incentive depending on their screening and brief intervention activities. They will be paid for the performance, with the country dependent system of pay (fee for item or fee for achieving set rates) and based on normal practices and financial rates for financial incentives for clinical preventive activities.
Receives: Other: Training and support (T&S); Other: Financial incentive
T&S and e-SBIExperimentalThe T\&S and e-SBI group will be offered two face-to-face educational meetings of at least one hour and a maximum of 2 hours, and one telephone support call of at least ten minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes. The telephone call was offered to one of the GPs ('leader'). Depending on the needs of the PHCU, one additional face to face training (1 to 2 hours) was offered. Also this group is expected to refer identified at-risk patients to an approved e-SBI (online screening and brief intervention) programme, which will either be country specific (where these exist) or based on the WHO e-SBI programme (Poland).
Receives: Other: Training and support (T&S); Other: E-SBI (online screening and brief intervention)
Financial incentive and e-SBIExperimentalThe financial incentive and e-SBI (online screening and brief intervention) group will be paid for screening and referral performance instead of actual delivery of e-SBI by themselves as in line with the e-SBI only group, with the country dependent system of pay (fee for item or fee for achieving set rates) and based on normal practices and financial rates for financial incentives for clinical preventive activities.
Receives: Other: Financial incentive; Other: E-SBI (online screening and brief intervention)
T&S, financial incentive and e-SBIExperimentalThe T\&S, financial incentive and e-SBI (online screening and brief intervention) group will be offered two face-to-face educational meetings of at least one hour and a maximum of 2 hours, and one telephone support call of at least ten minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes. The telephone call will be offered to one of the GPs ('leader'). Also, they are expected to offer screening at the PHCU and to refer screen positive patients to e-SBI programmes. Additionally, they will be paid for screening and referral performance, with the country dependent system of pay (fee for item or fee for achieving set rates) and based on normal practices and financial rates for financial incentives for clinical preventive activities.
Receives: Other: Training and support (T&S); Other: Financial incentive; Other: E-SBI (online screening and brief intervention)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of screening tests carried out in primary health care settings to detect excessive alcohol consumption care

    Screening rates will be calculated at five time points: during a four week period during the third month before the start of the study (baseline measurement), in three consecutive four week blocks during the twelve week intervention period (intervention measurement) and during a four week block during the sixth month after the end of the intervention period (follow-up measurement).

    Measured: 5 months

  2. Number of brief interventions for excessive alcohol consumption delivered in primary health care settings

    Brief intervention rates will be calculated at five time points: during a four week period during the third month before the start of the study (baseline measurement), in three consecutive four week blocks during the twelve week intervention period (intervention measurement) and during a four week block during the sixth month after the end of the intervention period (follow-up measurement).

    Measured: 5 months

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Level of role security of primary health care providers measured by their answers to the SAAPPQ instrument

    Role security of the primary health care providers will be measured through their responses to the SAAPPQ (a validated instrument based on factor analysis (Anderson \& Clement 1987) of the original alcohol and alcohol problems perception questionnaire developed and validated by Cartwright (1980))at three time points: baseline, end of intervention period, and follow-up.

    Measured: 3 months

  2. Level of therapeutic commitment of primary health care providers measured by their answers to the SAAPPQ instrument

    Therapeutic commitment of the primary health care providers will be measured through their responses to the SAAPPQ (a validated instrument based on factor analysis (Anderson \& Clement 1987) of the original alcohol and alcohol problems perception questionnaire developed and validated by Cartwright (1980))at three time points: baseline, end of intervention period, and follow-up.

    Measured: 3 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted29 Dec 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2012
  3. Primary completionMay 2014
  4. Study completionDec 2014

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Factorial
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
120 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01501552
Sponsor's protocol ID
ECGA259268
Acronym
ODHIN_RCT
Status last verified
Sep 2016
First submitted
16 Dec 2011
Last updated
7 Sep 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Angus C, Li J, Romero-Rodriguez E, Anderson P, Parrott S, Brennan A. Cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve delivery of brief interventions for heavy drinking in primary care: results from the ODHIN trial. Eur J Public Health. 2019 Apr 1;29(2):219-225. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cky181.

    PubMed 30239676
  • Anderson P, Kloda K, Kaner E, Reynolds J, Bendtsen P, Pelgrum-Keurhorst MN, Segura L, Wojnar M, Mierzecki A, Deluca P, Newbury-Birch D, Parkinson K, Okulicz-Kozaryn K, Drummond C, Laurant MGH, Gual A. Impact of practice, provider and patient characteristics on delivering screening and brief advice for heavy drinking in primary healthcare: Secondary analyses of data from the ODHIN five-country cluster randomized factorial trial. Eur J Gen Pract. 2017 Dec;23(1):241-245. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2017.1374365.

    PubMed 29022763
  • Anderson P, Coulton S, Kaner E, Bendtsen P, Kloda K, Reynolds J, Segura L, Wojnar M, Mierzecki A, Deluca P, Newbury-Birch D, Parkinson K, Okulicz-Kozaryn K, Drummond C, Gual A. Delivery of Brief Interventions for Heavy Drinking in Primary Care: Outcomes of the ODHIN 5-Country Cluster Randomized Trial. Ann Fam Med. 2017 Jul;15(4):335-340. doi: 10.1370/afm.2051.

    PubMed 28694269
  • Keurhorst M, Anderson P, Heinen M, Bendtsen P, Baena B, Brzozka K, Colom J, Deluca P, Drummond C, Kaner E, Kloda K, Mierzecki A, Newbury-Birch D, Okulicz-Kozaryn K, Palacio-Vieira J, Parkinson K, Reynolds J, Ronda G, Segura L, Slodownik L, Spak F, van Steenkiste B, Wallace P, Wolstenholme A, Wojnar M, Gual A, Laurant M, Wensing M. Impact of primary healthcare providers' initial role security and therapeutic commitment on implementing brief interventions in managing risky alcohol consumption: a cluster randomised factorial trial. Implement Sci. 2016 Jul 16;11:96. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0468-5.

    PubMed 27422283
  • Bendtsen P, Mussener U, Karlsson N, Lopez-Pelayo H, Palacio-Vieira J, Colom J, Gual A, Reynolds J, Wallace P, Segura L, Anderson P. Implementing referral to an electronic alcohol brief advice website in primary healthcare: results from the ODHIN implementation trial. BMJ Open. 2016 Jun 16;6(6):e010271. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010271.

    PubMed 27311902
  • Keurhorst M, Heinen M, Colom J, Linderoth C, Mussener U, Okulicz-Kozaryn K, Palacio-Vieira J, Segura L, Silfversparre F, Slodownik L, Sorribes E, Laurant M, Wensing M. Strategies in primary healthcare to implement early identification of risky alcohol consumption: why do they work or not? A qualitative evaluation of the ODHIN study. BMC Fam Pract. 2016 Jun 7;17:70. doi: 10.1186/s12875-016-0461-8.

    PubMed 27267887
  • Anderson P, Bendtsen P, Spak F, Reynolds J, Drummond C, Segura L, Keurhorst MN, Palacio-Vieira J, Wojnar M, Parkinson K, Colom J, Kloda K, Deluca P, Baena B, Newbury-Birch D, Wallace P, Heinen M, Wolstenholme A, van Steenkiste B, Mierzecki A, Okulicz-Kozaryn K, Ronda G, Kaner E, Laurant MG, Coulton S, Gual T. Improving the delivery of brief interventions for heavy drinking in primary health care: outcome results of the Optimizing Delivery of Health Care Intervention (ODHIN) five-country cluster randomized factorial trial. Addiction. 2016 Nov;111(11):1935-1945. doi: 10.1111/add.13476. Epub 2016 Jul 25.

    PubMed 27237081
  • Keurhorst MN, Anderson P, Spak F, Bendtsen P, Segura L, Colom J, Reynolds J, Drummond C, Deluca P, van Steenkiste B, Mierzecki A, Kloda K, Wallace P, Newbury-Birch D, Kaner E, Gual T, Laurant MG. Implementing training and support, financial reimbursement, and referral to an internet-based brief advice program to improve the early identification of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in primary care (ODHIN): study protocol for a cluster randomized factorial trial. Implement Sci. 2013 Jan 24;8:11. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-11.

    PubMed 23347874

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Training and support (T&S), Financial incentive and E-SBI (online screening and brief intervention) in people with Alcoholism, run by Fundacion Clinic per a la Recerca Biomédica at 10 sites in 5 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Sep 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 10 sites in United Kingdom, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of screening tests carried out in primary health care settings to detect excessive alcohol consumption care (time frame: 5 months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01501552, which also lists 8 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

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AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Sep 2016.

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