A Brief Marijuana Intervention for Adolescent Women - 1

Marijuana Abuse Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Brief Marijuana Intervention for Adolescent Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00227864
• Other study ID #: NIDA-18954-1
• Secondary ID: R01DA018954R01-1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: September 27, 2005
• Last updated: November 10, 2015
• Start date: September 2004
• Est. completion date: December 2009

Study information

• Verified date: November 2015
• Source: Butler Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a brief motivational intervention on marijuana use and sex-risk behavior in young women.

Description:

This study holds the promise of developing a brief, efficacious intervention to reduce marijuana use and related sexual risk-taking behavior among the large populaton of late adolescent women who are regular marijuana users. In the abscence of intervention, these women are at heightened risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Therefore it is crucial to develop an intervention that will reduce their marijuana and subsequent sexual risk taking behavior. The intervention employed in this study represents a novel adaptation of interventions that are well-supported with similar populations. If the current intervention is found to be efficacious, it can be readily integrated into a variety of treatment settings, particularly other primary care settings. In addition, this study will contribute valuable information about the relationship between marijuana use and sexual risk taking behavior and about the mechanisms of change in marijuana use in late adolescent women.

Comparison(s): Participants will be assigned, in this 6 month longitudinal study, to an assessment-only group or an assessment plus intervention group. Those in the intervention group will receive 2 motivational intervention sessions during the first 3 months of their study participation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 326
• Est. completion date: December 2009
• Est. primary completion date: December 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 15 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

current marijuana use; currently sexually active; able to complete the study procedures in English

Exclusion Criteria:

pregnant; alcohol dependence; drug dependence

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Marijuana Abuse
• Sexual Risk Behaviors

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Behavior Therapy

Other:
• Treatment as Usual

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Rhode Island Hospital	Providence	Rhode Island

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Butler Hospital	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Marijuna use		marijuana use at 6 months	No
Secondary	Sex-risk behavior		sex-risk behavior at 6 months	No