Individual and Family Motivational Interviews for Substance Using Truant Teens

Substance Use Clinical Trial

Official title:

Individual and Family Motivational Interviews for Substance Using Truant Teens

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01170026
• Other study ID #: 1 R34 DA0029871
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: July 22, 2010
• Last updated: July 2, 2013
• Start date: August 2010
• Est. completion date: July 2013

Study information

• Verified date: July 2012
• Source: Brown University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This application will provide a test of one potential model for adding substance use assessment and brief intervention into a truancy court program. The primary goal of this study is to determine whether a motivational intervention will reduce substance use among adolescents referred to truancy court for school attendance problems. In this treatment development application, an open trial with 20 families referred by truancy court will first be conducted. This trial will be used to adapt an existing motivational intervention to include material relevant to school attendance and performance. Then 100 families participating in the Rhode Island Truancy Court Program with adolescents between the ages of 13-16 years who report using substances will be randomly assigned to receive the experimental intervention plus standard truancy court procedures or psychoeducation plus standard truancy court procedures. The 2-session intervention protocol consists of an individual motivational interview plus the Family Check-Up (Dishion & Kavanagh, 2003), a family based motivational interview. The experimental protocol provides a thorough assessment of both individual and family strengths and weaknesses with respect to substance use prevention and school attendance/performance. Follow-up interviews will be conducted at 3 and 6 months.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 68
• Est. completion date: July 2013
• Est. primary completion date: January 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 13 Years to 16 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. between the ages of 13-16 at the start of the project and living at home with at least one parent/guardian,

2. t- score of 70 or above on one of the diagnostic-oriented scales (internalizing or externalizing problems) on the Child Behavior Checklist (i.e. reach the clinical cut-off),

3. the child must report 6 or more incidences of substance use in the last 90 days,

4. parental consent and child assent are obtained.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. adolescent meets diagnostic criteria for substance dependence suggesting need for more intensive services,

2. the family is not able to speak and understand English or Spanish well enough to complete study procedures.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Risky Sexual Behavior
• Substance Use

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Family Check-up/ Individual MI
The 2-session intervention protocol consists of an individual motivational interview plus the Family Check-Up (Dishion & Kavanagh, 2003), a family based motivational interview. The experimental protocol provides a thorough assessment of both individual and family strengths and weaknesses with respect to substance use prevention and school attendance/performance.
• Individual and family psychoeducation
Families in PE will return for the same number of visits as the IMI and FCU sessions of the IMI/FCU condition. An interventionist will review a set of educational materials with the parents regarding teen SU use, truancy and risk behaviors and parenting a teenager. A similar set of materials will be reviewed with the adolescent

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Brown University	Providence	Rhode Island

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brown University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	marijuana use	Self-report of marijuana use in the prior 30 days	3 month follow-up	No
Primary	marijuana use	Self-report of marijuana use in the prior 30 days	6 month follow-up	No
Secondary	Risky sexual behavior	Self-report of risky sexual behavior such as unprotected sex	3 month follow-up	No
Secondary	Risky sexual behavior	Self-report of risky sexual behavior such as unprotected sex	6 month follow-up	No