Healthy Activities for Prize Incentives (HAPI)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00717444 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 17, 2008
Last Update Posted : December 25, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Substance Abuse HIV Infections | Behavioral: contingency management | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 75 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Factorial Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Healthy Activities for Prize Incentives |
Study Start Date : | September 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2013 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
contingency management for abstinence plus 12-step facilitation therapy and contingency management for completing healthy activities
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Behavioral: contingency management
contingency management for abstinence plus 12-step facilitation therapy and contingency management for completing healthy activities prizes awarded for target behaviors |
Experimental: 2
contingency management for abstinence plus 12-step facilitation therapy
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Behavioral: contingency management
contingency management for abstinence plus 12-step facilitation therapy prizes awarded for target behaviors |
- drug use [ Time Frame: baseline and each follow-up ]
- physical activity [ Time Frame: baseline and each follow-up ]
- psychological symptoms [ Time Frame: baseline and each follow-up ]
- medical outcomes [ Time Frame: baseline and each follow-up ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV+ and a member of Connections
- Age 18-65 years
- English speaking
- Past-year DSM-IV diagnosis of opioid, cocaine, methamphetamine, alcohol, or marijuana abuse or dependence
- Written permission from one's primary care or infectious disease physician to participate in the study and an exercise program
- Plans to reside in the local area for the next 8 months and
- Willing to sign informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to comprehend the study as assessed by the Informed Consent Quiz and Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE)
- Severely disruptive behavior
- In recovery for pathological gambling (due to potential similarity between the contingency management procedure and gambling)
- Serious uncontrolled psychiatric disorder other than substance use disorders that require inpatient hospitalization (e.g., active bipolar disorder, psychosis, suicidal)
- History of myocardial infarction, stroke, unstable angina, coronary artery bypass grafting, angioplasty/stent, uncontrolled arrhythmia, or hyperthyroidism in the past 6 months as reported by patient or physician
- Blood pressure >165/95 mmHg and
- Grossly abnormal findings on indices of physical functioning (>2 SDs above means for sedentary age/gender norms according to ACSM, 2006)
- Pregnancy

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00717444
United States, Connecticut | |
Connections, Inc. | |
Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106 |
Principal Investigator: | Nancy M Petry, Ph.D. | UConn Health |
Responsible Party: | UConn Health |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00717444 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
08-251-2 1R01DA022739-01A2 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | July 17, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 25, 2018 |
Last Verified: | December 2018 |
Keywords provided by UConn Health:
Substance Abuse HIV Contingency Management Physical Activity |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Substance-Related Disorders Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Chemically-Induced Disorders Mental Disorders |