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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2018 May 24;175(9):853–863. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17090978

Table 2.

Adherence, Serious Adverse Events, Secondary and follow-up outcomes by treatment assignment

CBT (N=49) TAU (N=50) CBT4CBT
w/monitoring
(N=38)
Contrast 1:
CBT v TAU
Contrast 2:
CBT4CBT vs TAU
Variable Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD f P p Eta2 f P p Eta2

General protocol adherence
  Days in treatment (max=84) 42.8 30.7 55.5 27.3 61.7 26.8 4.85 .03 0.04 1.09 .30 0.01
  Number of urine specimens collected 8 6.6 10.5 5.9 12 6.6 2.3 .13 0.02 1.1 .30 0.01
  Total number of treatment sessionsa 4.1 3.4 5.6 3.1 6.9 3.57 4.99 .03 0.04 3.59 .06 0.03
Treatment-specific adherence
  Total individual sessions 4.1 3.4 2.98 3.4 NA 2.53 .12 0.03
  Total group sessions NA 2.6 3.2 NA
  Total monitoring sessions NA NA 6.8 3.6
  Total CBT4CBT modules NA NA 5.5 2.3
  Number of homework assignments completed 2.8 2.5 NA 2.2 2.4 0.23 .63 1.57 0.12 .73 0.65

Serious adverse eventsb N % N % N % WaldX2 P Exp (b) Wald X2 p Exp (b)

  # (%) Participants with 1 or more SAEs during treatment-substance use or psychiatric 3 6.1 2 4.0 1 2.6 .23 .63 1.57 .12 .73 .65
  Participants with 1 or more SAEs during treatment medical 2 4.1 1 2 3 7.9 .35 .55 2.09 1.49 .22 4.20
  Participants with 1 or more SAEs during follow-up-substance use or psychiatric 1 2.7 1 2.3 3 8.6 .01 .91 1.17 1.35 .25 3.94
  Participants with 1 or more SAEs during follow-up-medical 4 10.8 3 7 3 8.9 .36 .55 1.62 .07 .79 1.25

Secondary substance use outcomes Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD f P p Eta2 f p p Eta2

  Percent of urine specimens negative for all drugs 33.1 43.3 34.3 39.7 37 41.1 0.02 .89 .000 0.33 .57 .003
  Percent cocaine-negative urine toxicology screens-all subjects 86.3 30.2 74.9 36.8 90.7 21.9 2.98 .09 .024 5.45 .02 .043
  Percent cocaine-negative urine toxicology screens, cocaine users only (n's are 9, 17, 11) 63.6 46.2 39.4 37.3 75.3 34.4 2.29 .14 .060 5.73 .02 .140
  Percent marijuana-negative urine toxicology screens-all subjects 44.5 47.1 43.6 44.2 48.8 43.3 0.01 .93 .000 0.27 .60 .002
  Percent marijuana-negative urine toxicology screens, marijuana users only (n's are 23, 19, 18) 14.7 32.0 22.3 34.5 17.7 29.4 0.57 .45 .010 0.19 .66 .003

  Categorical outcomes, indicators of clinical significance Number % Number % Number % Wald p Exp (b) Wald p Exp(b)

Provided no drug-positive urine specimens, last 2 weeks of treatment 9 18.4 9 18 13 34.2 0.00 .96 1.030 3.00 .09 2.370
Did not meet DSM-IV-R criteria for primary substance use diagnosis at 12 weeks (N's are 41, 47, 37) 16 51.6 15 42.9 20 66.7 0.51 .48 .710 3.61 .06 .380

Follow-up outcomes Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD f p p Eta2 f p p Eta2

Percent days abstinent from drugs and alcohol (selfreport) Mean, SD 61.4 35.7 67.3 34.3 75.2 30.9 0.55 .46 .005 1.00 .32 .009

Urine specimen negative for all drugs (# negative/# collected) % % % WaldX2 p Exp(b) Wald X2 p Exp (b)

One month follow-up (n=73) 6/18 33.3 16/29 55.2 12/26 46.2 2.10 .15 2.460 0.40 .51 1.440
Three month follow-up (n=79) 7/23 30.4 11/33 33.3 14/23 60.9 0.10 .82 1.140 4.00 .04 3.210
Six month follow-up (n=102) 8/33 24.2 12/39 30.9 15/30 50.0 0.40 .54 1.390 2.60 .11 .440
a

Clinician CBT offered up to 12 individual sessions, TAU offered up to 12 group sessions with individual sessions as needed. CBT4CBT offered 12 clinical monitoring sessions plus up to 7 CBT4CBT modules

b

SAE indicates any Serious Adverse Event resulting in death or leading to hospitalization.