Assessing the Fit of Motivational Interviewing by Cultures With Adolescents

Alcoholism Clinical Trial

— AMICA  

Official title:

AMICA: Assessing the Fit of Motivational Interviewing by Cultures With Adolescents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01948700
• Other study ID #: 5R01AA017878-05
• Secondary ID: 5R01AA017878-05
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2009
• Est. completion date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: University of New Mexico
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Hispanic adolescents experience more severe alcohol-related consequences due to their alcohol abuse and yet significantly fewer Hispanic adolescents receive alcohol treatment, particularly among justice-involved youth. Despite the level of research that has been conducted on motivational interviewing (MI) with mainstream samples, no published studies have investigated the efficacy of this brief, individual intervention with Hispanic adolescents. The overarching objective of this application is to evaluate the efficacy of a brief individual intervention (MI) for problem drinking behaviors with a sample of justice-involved Hispanic and Caucasian adolescents to determine if this intervention is differentially effective between Hispanic and Caucasian adolescents. Specifically, the first aim is to determine whether an MI intervention targeting alcohol abuse is effective at reducing alcohol use and related risk behavior in a sample of adolescent alcohol abusers. The second aim is to examine whether the effects of MI on problem drinking outcomes (e.g., alcohol problems, quantity of drinking, frequency of binging) are different between Hispanic versus Caucasian adolescents. Because it is important to determine the mechanisms that mediate the effects of MI and determine whether these mechanisms differ between Caucasian and Hispanic adolescents, the third aim is to examine whether group (Hispanic vs. Caucasian) moderates the mediational linkages in the overall model using a cross-groups approach to moderated mediation. To accomplish these aims, 453 Caucasian and Hispanic justice-involved alcohol abusing adolescents (ages 14-17) will be randomized to either two 60 minute MI interventions (one at baseline and a second, one week later) or an education condition. All adolescents will receive behavioral assessments at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. The proposed research is expected to take a significant step towards reducing current racial/ethnic health disparities in alcohol treatment for Hispanic adolescents.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 506
• Est. completion date: July 2015
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 13 - 18

• Provision of informed assent (or self-consent if age 18)

• Parent/ guardian consent if under age 18

• Regular substance use (use at least 1 per month for past 6 months)

Exclusion Criteria:

• active psychosis

• mental retardation

• neurodevelopmental disorder

• severe medical illness

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcoholism

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motivational Interviewing

Other:
• Education

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of New Mexico Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions	Albuquerque	New Mexico

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of New Mexico	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Number of alcohol-related problems as indicated in the Rutgers Alcohol Problems Index		Change from baseline in number of alcohol-related problems at 3 , 6 , & 12 month follow-up
Primary	Frequency of alcohol use		Change from baseline in frequency of alcohol use at 3 , 6 , & 12 month follow-up
Secondary	Quantity of alcohol use		Change from baseline in quantity of alcohol use at 3 , 6 , & 12 month follow-up