Can computer alerts boost alcohol treatment rates?
NCT ID NCT05492942
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether using electronic health records and support staff could help more people with alcohol use disorder get the care they need. Researchers looked at how often patients started and stayed in treatment when their doctors had extra reminders and help. The goal was to improve care without creating new medications or procedures.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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134 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Finished
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Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria for Clinician Participants: * Adult (18 years or older) * Physician or Nurse Practitioner * Practices Primary Care at Boston Medical Center in the General Internal Medicine (GIM) Primary Care Clinic * Current position in the practice expected to be unchanged for a minimum of 18 months (not a graduating trainee) Inclusion Criteria for Patient Participants: Records (EHR, Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACO) claims) from all patients empaneled (patient is assigned to PCP's primary care panel) by study enrolled clinicians who are: * Adult (18 years or older) * Have had at least 1 completed visit in general internal medicine at BMC during the last 18 months. Exclusion Criteria: • Clinicians who, at the time of study recruitment, are expected to remain in their BMC GIM position for less than 18 months (e.g. resident or fellow trainees expected to graduate within the study time period).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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General Internal Medicine Primary Care Suites, BU Medical Campus
Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States
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