Computerized Screening and Brief Physician Advice to Reduce Teen Drinking

Alcohol Abuse Clinical Trial

Official title:

Computerized Screening and Brief Physician Advice to Reduce Teen Drinking

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00849589
• Other study ID #: PA-07-406
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 23, 2009
• Last updated: October 6, 2016
• Start date: January 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2014

Study information

• Verified date: October 2016
• Source: Boston Children’s Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this project is to adapt a computerized Screening and Brief Advice (SBA) protocol that has demonstrated efficacy in reducing underage drinking among adolescent primary care patients and then to test it in a multi-site randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Description:

The specific aims of the proposed multisite RCT are:

1. To establish the efficacy of the computerized SBA protocol on alcohol use, on DWI/RWID, and other alcohol-related health risk behaviors;

2. To test the effect of Technological Extenders (TE) on prolonging the beneficial effects of the SBA protocol;

3. To identify moderators, mediators, and optimal responders to the SBA/TE interventions;

4. To examine the association between cessation of underage drinking and other health-risk behaviors in an adolescent primary care sample.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: December 2014
• Est. primary completion date: January 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 21 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 12-21 years old

• patients arriving for routine medical care

• provide informed assent (for those <18) or informed consent (for those 18-21)

Exclusion Criteria:

• medically or psychologically unstable at time of visit

• receiving behavioral health services

• cannot read or understand English at a 6th grade reading level

• unavailable for follow-up assessments

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Screening

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Abuse
• Alcoholism
• Risk Behavior
• Underage Drinking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Computerized screening and brief physician advice
Participants complete screening for alcohol use and other health risk behaviors on the computer, receive some related health information on the computer, and meet with a primary care provider for a short discussion of health risk behaviors
• Computerized SBA with technological extenders
Participants complete screening for alcohol use and other health risk behaviors on the computer, receive some related health information on the computer, and meet with a primary care provider for a short discussion of health risk behaviors. In addition, the provider sends them a brief email or text message at 4 months and 9 months after study entry to reinforce the brief advice.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Children's Hospital Boston	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Boston Children’s Hospital	Cambridge Health Alliance, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Fallon Clinic, Tufts Medical Center, University of Vermont

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Initiation of underage drinking		Baseline, 3-months, 6-months, 12-months	No
Secondary	Cessation of underage drinking		Baseline, 3-months, 6-months, 12-months	No

External Links

•   Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research