Brief Intervention Combined With Health Coaching Via Social Media for Cannabis Use

• Sponsor: University of Michigan (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT04316741
• Collaborator: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (NIH)
• Enrollment: 58
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 16.1
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 3.6

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to develop and test social media interventions to help young people increase well-being and reduce risky behaviors. The study will help researchers learn about ways to deliver wellness information in a way that is appealing and helpful to young people who use Snapchat.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Cannabis Use	Behavioral: Snapcoach	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 58 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Official Title: Harnessing Social Media to Reduce Cannabis Use Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults in an Urban Emergency Department
• Actual Study Start Date: Oct 19, 2020
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Feb 21, 2022
• Actual Study Completion Date: Feb 21, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Brief Intervention+Health Coaching Brief intervention with social-media delivered health coaching	Behavioral: Snapcoach; A brief motivational interviewing-based intervention combined with health coaching via social media for 4 weeks
No Intervention: Control Enhanced usual care brochure plus attention control with social media messaging

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Brief Intervention Acceptability [Immediate post-test administered after the session]

   Acceptability ratings completed by participants for the brief intervention session

2. Snapchat Acceptability Ratings [1 month]

   Acceptability ratings completed by participants for the Snapchat-delivered health coaching

3. Brief intervention feasibility [Immediate]

   % of participants assigned to condition who complete the brief intervention

4. Snapchat health coaching feasibility [Up to 1 month]

   % of participants who complete key activities (e.g., % who add health coach on Snapchat, % who reply to at least 1 Snapchat message)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 25 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

Individuals seen in the Emergency Department at Hurley Medical Center who meet these criteria

• self-report of weekly or more frequent cannabis use for past 3 months

• past month Snapchat use

• ability to consent

• English-speaking

• between ages 18-25

• smart phone ownership

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency Department presentation for suicidality and/or acute psychosis, being in police custody, or present with psychological distress requiring intensive social work (e.g. sexual assault)

• having a medical cannabis card

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Hurley Medical Center	Flint	Michigan	United States	48503

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of Michigan
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Erin Bonar, University of Michigan

Study Documents (Full-Text)

• Informed Consent Form - Jun 7, 2021

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Erin Bonar, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04316741
• Other Study ID Numbers: HUM00139068; R34DA045712
• First Posted: Mar 20, 2020
• Last Update Posted: Mar 25, 2022
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2022

• 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

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 25, 2022