Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery After Liver Transplantation
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Leigh Anne Dageforde
- Where
- Nashville, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 40 people, planned
- Starts
- 1 Mar 2027
- Expected to end
- 31 Aug 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Online Sober Active Community
- Recovery coach
- Record updated
- 20 July 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 21 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age greater than or equal to 21 years old
- Recipient of liver transplant less than or equal to 5 years ago
- History of alcohol use disorder
- Able to understand the purpose of the study and willing to participate and sign informed consent
- Has a smart phone to use for contact with recovery coach and the digital sober active community without additional personal cost
- Willing to participate in online digital community
Who cannot take part
- Liver transplant greater than 5 years ago
- Liver transplant recipient for reason other than alcohol associated liver disease
- Any condition that in the opinion of the PI introduces undue risk by participating in this study
- no history of alcohol use disorder
- Any condition that in the opinion of the PI introduces undue risk by participating in this study
- less than 21 years of age
- No mechanism for regular phone contact
- No ability to utilize an application for a digital sober active community
Where in United States
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, United StatesContact: Leigh Anne Leigh Anne Dageforde, MD, MPHNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if it is feasible and acceptable to use a recovery coach and an online sober active community to help with alcohol use disorder after liver transplant. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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* Is using a recovery coach after liver transplant to help with alcohol use recovery feasible and acceptable? * Is using an online sober active community after liver transplant to help with alcohol use recovery feasible and acceptable? Researchers will compare standard of care including a recovery coach alone to a recovery coach plus to assist with recovery from alcohol use recovery after liver transplant
Participants will:
* Work with a recovery coach including a weekly phone call * Visit the clinic once every 3 months for a checkup and to complete surveys * If randomized to the intervention arm, download an online application with access to a digital sober active community
The 2 groups in the trial
- ControlExisting treatment, for comparison
The participants in the control arm will work with a recovery coach and have weekly phone calls with the recovery coach. They will visit the clinic every 3 months for an in-person visit and to complete survey measures related to the study.
Treatment: Recovery coach
- InterventionTreatment being tested
The participants in the intervention arm will work with a recovery coach and have weekly phone calls with the recovery coach. They will also have access to an online sober active community that they can use to augment their recovery process. They will visit the clinic every 3 months for an in-person visit and to complete survey measures related to the study.
Treatment: Online Sober Active Community and Recovery coach
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Development and Testing of an Integrated Care Coordination Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery After Liver Transplantation
- Record updated
- 20 July 2026