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PATH Trial for Substance Use Disorder

This study, called the Personalized Approach to Healthy Use and Recovery (PATH) Trial, is looking for Veterans with substance use disorder (SUD). It aims to understand what causes substance use and urges for each person. You would receive a personal model showing how your substance use, urges, and other symptoms like anxiety or depression are connected. You'd also have a one-hour feedback session to help you use these insights in your recovery. Researchers will see if this personalized approach helps improve substance use and related problems. The study plans to enroll 74 participants and will measure your substance use and problems at 4, 8, and 12 weeks after the intervention.

Study design
This is an interventional study with 74 participants. Participants will be randomized to either receive the intervention or be in a control group.
What's involved
You would complete personalized 4-week daily assessments using a smartphone or other device. If in the intervention group, you would also have a one-hour clinical feedback session.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your substance use and related problems will be measured at 4, 8, and 12 weeks after the intervention.

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NCT06580457

Personalized Approach to Healthy Use and Recovery (PATH) Trial

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
VA Office of Research and Development
~74 participants
Updated 2026-01-15 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Personal Causal Model + Personalized Feedback

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Substance use
Measured over 4-, 8-, and 12-week follow-ups
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Substance Use Disorder

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Minnesota1

Study leadership

  • Brittany Stevenson, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN

Who to contact

Brittany Stevenson, PhD
[email protected]
(612) 467-3023
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

a clinical score on the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) or drug use disorders identification test (DUDIT)
past-month substance use
a reliable access to a smartphone, tablet, or other device with capability of accessing and completing surveys throughout the day
this will exclude those who are currently completing inpatient treatment

Exclusion

participants will be invited to return another day
being legally compelled to complete treatment
or being under civil commitment
due to lack of ability to give autonomous consent in these situations

What this trial measures

  • Substance use4-, 8-, and 12-week follow-ups

    Substance use will be measured as number of days each substance was used in the past 30 days using National Survey on Drug Use and Health questions. Substances measured are nicotine, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine/crack, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, methamphetamine, pain relievers, tranquilizers, sedatives, and prescription stimulants. For alcohol, we will also obtain number of drinks consumed on each day, and will analyze whether average number of drinks per drinking day has changed during each follow-up period.

  • Substance-related problems4-, 8-, and 12-week follow-ups

    Substance-related problems will be measured for the past month using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT). Scores range from 0 to 40. Scores will be analyzed for changes at each follow-up point.