Effectiveness of Assertive Continuing Care for Youth

Substance Use Disorders Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01085188
• Other study ID #: 1018-1201
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: March 10, 2010
• Last updated: March 10, 2010
• Start date: January 2003

Study information

• Verified date: March 2010
• Source: Chestnut Health Systems
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Following discharge from residential treatment 324 adolescents are randomly assigned to Assertive Continuing Care with and without motivational incentives in a 2 x 2 factorial design. Clinical outcomes are assessed at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months post discharge.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 342
• Est. primary completion date: January 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Met DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for abuse or dependence on alcohol or another drug in the past year

• Been between the ages of 12 and 18 at the time of residential admission; and (c) resided in one of ten Illinois counties targeted for the intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

• left residential treatment prior to the seventh day

• did not return to a target county at discharge

• showed evidence of cognitive impairment that interfered with understanding of study instruments, procedures, or the informed consent process

• were deemed dangerous to themselves or others during treatment

• were a ward of child protective services and inaccessible for the intervention

• met DSM-IV criteria for pathological gambling

• were discharged to the state department of corrections

• were already participating in a treatment study

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Substance Use Disorders
• Substance-Related Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• ACC
Weekly community based behavioral counseling and case management
• CM
Weekly community based prize drawing opportunities contingent upon completed verifiable pro-social activities and clean urine and breath alcohol test results
• UCC
recommendation made by discharge counselor upon leaving residential treatment to attend nearest outpatient clinic.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chestnut Health Systems	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)