Prevention of Opioid Misuse and Overdose Deaths Among Hispanic/Latinx Adolescents: A Family-based Perspective

Opioid Misuse Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevention of Opioid Misuse and Overdose Deaths Among Hispanic/Latinx Adolescents: A Family-based Perspective

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06303804
• Other study ID #: HSC-SPH-23-0837
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Contact: Alejandra Fernandez, PhD
• Phone: (972) 546-2920
• Email: Alejandra.Fernandez[@]uth.tmc.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop culturally-competent family-focused educational modules targeting opioid knowledge and attitudes (including targeting safe storage and prevention of accidental opioid overdose in adolescent populations) and examine changes acceptability, knowledge, and attitudes scores

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: August 31, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must identify as Hispanic/Latino/a descent
• Have an adolescent between the ages of 15 and 17 years old living in their home a majority of the time
• Have English or Spanish proficiency

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adolescent or parent currently in opioid treatment
• Parent self-reports a substance use (including opioid use) disorder for themselves or adolescent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Opioid Misuse
• Opioid-Related Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Educational videos
Participants will be delivered a link to complete demographic information and the initial assessment. Upon completing the (initial) pre-test knowledge assessment, participants will be sent links to the three educational videos staggered across 7 days. Educational videos will determine gaps in knowledge related to opioid use and overdose based on questionnaire responses. Upon the completion of the 7 days, participants will be sent a link to the (final) post-test knowledge assessment to complete.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Acceptability of the educational materials presented via the educational videos, including cultural congruence as assessed by a questionnaire	This questionnaire has 10 questions that is measured on a Likert scale from 1-4, higher number indicating more acceptability.	end of study (Day 7)
Primary	Changes in opioid related knowledge as assessed by a questionnaire	This has 3 subscales; Brief Opioid Overdose Knowledge (BOOK); This has 12 questions and each is scored from 0(true), 1(false) for a maximum score of 12, higher score indicating more knowledge; Opioid Overdose Knowledge Scale (OOKS); This has 9 questions, and participants have to identify all correct answers. Score ranges from 0(no correct answers) -33 (identified all correct answers) higher score indicates more knowledge; Opioid Overdose Attitude Scale (OOAS); This has 28 questions scored on a Likert scale from 1(completely disagree)-5(completely agree), higher number indicating more positive attitude	Baseline, end of study (Day 7)