STAR: Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

• Sponsor: Yale University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT03401333
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 10
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 6.7
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 1.5

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study tests the feasibility of an intervention to prevent risky alcohol or marijuana use that adds a 4-week course of tailored text messaging to a brief motivational intervention for 13-18-year-old adolescents.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Alcohol Drinking; Marijuana	Behavioral: Text Messaging and Brief Negotiation Interview	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 10 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Intervention Model Description: A brief motivational interview and four weeks of text messaging.A brief motivational interview and four weeks of text messaging.
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Feasibility of Augmenting Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use
• Actual Study Start Date: Nov 14, 2017
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 6, 2018
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jun 6, 2018

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Text messaging and brief intervention Brief motivational interview and 4-weeks of text messaging.	Behavioral: Text Messaging and Brief Negotiation Interview; An in-person brief motivational intervention coupled with 4 weeks of motivational text messages

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Enrollment [Baseline]

   Number of participants per month that enroll in the study

2. Retention [4 weeks]

   % of enrolled participants that complete the 4-week follow up assessments

3. Satisfaction [4 weeks]

   Participant's rating of how much they like the intervention (Likert scale)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 13 Years to 18 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• 13 to 18 years old

• Able to provide consent or assent and parental permission

• have a functioning cell phone without pay-as-you-go text messaging

Exclusion Criteria:

• currently enrolled in any substance abuse program;

• have medical/psychiatric condition that precludes participation

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Yale New Haven Hospital	New Haven	Connecticut	United States	06520

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Yale University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Yale University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03401333
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2000021254
• First Posted: Jan 17, 2018
• Last Update Posted: Oct 23, 2018
• Last Verified: Oct 1, 2018

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Marijuana Abuse; Alcohol Drinking; Marijuana Use

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 23, 2018