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Substance Use Clinical Trial

— STRIVE  

Official title:

Diverting Homeless Youth From Chronic Homelessness and Risk for HIV

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00996541
• Other study ID #: 5R01MH070322-05
• Secondary ID: 5R01MH070322-05
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2004
• Est. completion date: June 2009

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: University of California, Los Angeles
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Runaway and homeless youth are at risk for HIV based upon their rates of substance use, particularly injection drug use, unprotected sexual intercourse, multiple partners, and sexually transmitted diseases. Risk increases as the time away from home increases. STRIVE is a family intervention aimed at increasing residential stability, decreasing runaway episodes, and decreasing HIV risk. Families are randomly assigned to a cognitive-behavioral skills-building intervention consisting of five weekly sessions delivered at family homes, or are assigned to standard care. Sessions are aimed at increasing problem solving, role clarity, and positive interactions. It is hypothesized that the intervention will result in improved family dynamics, less runaway behavior, and less risky behavior.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 302
• Est. completion date: June 2009
• Est. primary completion date: June 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Youth: Age 12-17 who ran away or were told to leave home within the past 6 months. Must provide assent and parent/guardian must provide informed consent.
• Parent/guardian: must be parent/guardian of participating youth who ran away. Must provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Youth: total time away from home exceeds 12 months. Obvious cognitive impairment. Sexual or physical abuse from the parent/guardian. Lack of assent/consent.
• Parent/guardian: obvious cognitive impairment. Lack of consent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Family Relations
• Risky Sexual Behavior
• Runaway Behavior
• Substance Use
• Substance-Related Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• STRIVE family intervention
Adolescent and parent attend a 5-session family-oriented cognitive-behavioral intervention aimed at giving runaway youths and their parents the tools to effectively deal with conflict.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Los Angeles	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

References & Publications (1)

Milburn NG, Iribarren FJ, Rice E, Lightfoot M, Solorio R, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Desmond K, Lee A, Alexander K, Maresca K, Eastmen K, Arnold EM, Duan N. A family intervention to reduce sexual risk behavior, substance use, and delinquency among newly homeless — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Improved residential stability		Assessed up to 24 months
Secondary	Reduced HIV risk behavior		Up to 24 months