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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023 Feb 13;147:208977. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.208977

Table 3.

Remote contingency management studies in people who use other substances.

Study author (year) Design Enrolled sample size (baseline) by condition Target behavior Retention at end of CM condition Eligible ages (mean) Longest follow-up Type of reinforcement Reinforcement schedule Maximum possible incentives for CM condition Primary outcome: CM condition(s) Mean or % Primary outcome: Control condition (s) Mean or %
DeFulio et al. (2021) N-RCT Enrolled CM = 85, Matched control = 85 Drug and alcohol abstinence, treatment engagement 100 % N/R None Reloadable debit card Escalating with reset and constant rate $436 CM vs. control: Months 1, 2, 3, 4: 14.12, 17.65, 16.47 & 20 percentage point increases in consistent samples, respectively; 7.28, 9.55, 13.62 & 18.01 percentage point increases in attendance, respectively.
Hammond et al. (2021) RCT CM = 29; control = 32 Drug and alcohol abstinence, treatment engagement N/R 18+ (M = 39.6) 1 month Reloadable debit card Escalating with reset $600 Mean days in usual care treatment: 29.8; Treatment retention rate: 24 %; Rate of recent abstinence: 33 % Mean days in usual care treatment: 22.2; Treatment retention rate: 3 %; Rate of recent abstinence: 16 %
Holtyn et al. (2021) RCT CM = 21; control = 20 Intervention engagement 100 % 18+ (M = 47.1) None Reloadable credit card Constant rate $350 % enrolled in treatment: 71 % % enrolled in treatment: 30 %
Raiff et al. (2021) WS Enrolled sample (n = 8) Nicotine vaping abstinence 100 % 18–35 (M = 19.9) None Reloadable debit card Escalating with reset $140 PNS (<30 % ng/ml cotinine): 77 % PNS (<30 % ng/ml cotinine): 0 %

Abbreviations: WS = Within Subjects Design; RCT = Randomized Control Trial Design; N-RCT = Non-Randomized Control Trial Design; CM = Contingency Management Condition; M = mean; N/R = Not Reported; PNS = Percent Negative Samples.