Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Alcohol Drinking Clinical Trial

— STAR  

Official title:

Feasibility of Augmenting Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03401333
• Other study ID #: 2000021254
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 14, 2017
• Est. completion date: June 6, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: October 2018
• Source: Yale University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study tests the feasibility of an intervention to prevent risky alcohol or marijuana use that adds a 4-week course of tailored text messaging to a brief motivational intervention for 13-18-year-old adolescents.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: June 6, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: June 6, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 13 to 18 years old

• Able to provide consent or assent and parental permission

• have a functioning cell phone without pay-as-you-go text messaging

Exclusion Criteria:

• currently enrolled in any substance abuse program;

• have medical/psychiatric condition that precludes participation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Drinking
• Marijuana
• Marijuana Abuse

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Text Messaging and Brief Negotiation Interview
An in-person brief motivational intervention coupled with 4 weeks of motivational text messages

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Yale New Haven Hospital	New Haven	Connecticut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Enrollment	Number of participants per month that enroll in the study	Baseline
Primary	Retention	% of enrolled participants that complete the 4-week follow up assessments	4 weeks
Primary	Satisfaction	Participant's rating of how much they like the intervention (Likert scale)	4 weeks