Facilitating Adolescent Self-Change for Alcohol Problems

Underage Drinking Clinical Trial

Official title:

Facilitating Adolescent Self-Change for Alcohol Problems

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01690026
• Other study ID #: Project Options
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 12, 2012
• Last updated: November 1, 2017
• Start date: October 2012
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: November 2017
• Source: University of California, San Diego
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This present multi-site investigation compares a voluntary brief intervention for adolescent alcohol problems to an educational comparison condition. Measures are taken at intake and at 4 and 12 weeks post intake to determine effectiveness of the intervention to promote personal change efforts and arrest progression of alcohol problems. This study tests cognitive mechanisms of change and treatment characteristics and processes associated with youth self-regulation to reduce or stop hazardous drinking.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1209
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: March 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 14 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All 9th-12th graders at six schools from 3 sites across the country are eligible to participate, regardless of alcohol experience

Exclusion Criteria:

• exclusion prior to 9th grade and after 12th grade

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Underage Drinking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motivation interviewing based brief intervention

• Standard Intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Drug Free Youth in Town	Miami	Florida
United States	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	Minnesota
United States	Reed College	Portland	Oregon

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, San Diego

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Alcohol use and problems		one year
Secondary	Cognitive mediators		one year