Pilot Test of Computerized MET to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol Use

Alcohol Abuse Clinical Trial

Official title:

Pilot Test of Computerized MET Intervention to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol Use

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01796158
• Other study ID #: JKR34_PA-13-078
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 20, 2013
• Last updated: October 6, 2016
• Start date: September 2013
• Est. completion date: March 2016

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 conduct a pilot study evaluating feasibility, acceptability, and estimating the effect size of a new computerized Motivational Enhancement Therapy (cMET) intervention for alcohol-involved adolescent primary care patients.

Description:

The goal of this project is to conduct a pilot study evaluating feasibility, acceptability, and estimating the effect size of a new computerized Motivational Enhancement Therapy (cMET) intervention for alcohol-involved adolescent primary care patients. The investigators hypothesize that 1) cMET, when added to Computerized Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (cASBI), (cASBI+cMET) will be feasible and acceptable when used in primary care; and 2) 12- to 18-yr old patients receiving cASBI+cMET will have lower rates of any alcohol use, days of alcohol use, drinks per drinking day, and days of heavy episodic drinking, than cASBI alone.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: March 2016
• Est. primary completion date: March 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• any alcohol use days in the past 90 days

• have an email address and internet access at home, school, or library

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable to read or understand English

• living away at college at the time of the recruitment visit

• not available for computer/telephone follow-ups

• judged by the provider to be medically or emotionally unstable at time of visit

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Abuse
• Alcoholism
• Underage Drinking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• cASBI+cMET
In the cASBI protocol participants complete a computerized screen for alcohol and drug use, view their screen results on the computer, then see 10 pages of science and true life stories describing the health effects of alcohol and other substance use. The provider receives a report of the screen results and gives brief advice regarding alcohol and drug use during the office visit. The cMET protocol is a 2 session intervention composed of 8 exercises designed to encourage adolescents their alcohol and other substance use and develop a plan to stop or reduce their use.
• cASBI
In the cASBI protocol participants complete a computerized screen for alcohol and drug use, view their screen results on the computer, then see 10 pages of science and true life stories describing the health effects of alcohol and other substance use. The provider receives a report of the screen results and gives brief advice regarding alcohol and drug use during the office visit.

Locations

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

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Boston Children’s Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Alcohol use	The investigators will measure rates of any alcohol use, days of alcohol use, drinks per drinking day, and days of heavy episodic drinking in the cASBI+cMET group vs the cASBI group.	9 months	No
Primary	cMET completion	The investigators will measure the percentages of completed cMET sessions by those referred to cMET.	Baseline	No
Secondary	cMET satisfaction	The investigators will measure patient satisfaction with the cMET program.	9 months	No