Technology Interventions for Youth Alcohol Use
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Web Program + App, Web Program + App + Text Messages.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Alcohol Drinking. Basic parameters: 12 years — 19 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Comparing Scalable Technology-Driven Brief Intervention Packages for Youth Alcohol Use
Overview
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of two programs to prevent/reduce alcohol misuse among youth primary care patients. Depending on their study condition, youth will receive a brief web-based computer program or the web program + 8 weeks of supportive text messages. Parents/caregivers of youth are encouraged to use a freely available app to guide conversations with their child about drinking. This study will have significant impact by evaluating response to these scalable interventions which can be deployed widely in clinical care settings.
Interventions
- Behavioral Web Program + App
Youth receive a brief interactive web program made available online to prevent alcohol misuse. The parent/caregiver app addresses monitoring and skill building for parents to communicate with the child about preventing underage drinking and drug use. - Behavioral Web Program + App + Text Messages
Youth receive a brief interactive web program made available online to prevent alcohol misuse. This is followed by 8 weeks of supportive text messages. The parent/caregiver app addresses monitoring and skill building for parents to communicate with the child about preventing underage drinking and drug use.
Primary outcome measures
- Change in Alcohol Consumption [Time frame: 3-, 6-, 9- and 12- months post baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Change in Alcohol Related Consequences [Time frame: 3-, 6-, 9- and 12- months post baseline]
- Change in Other Drug Use [Time frame: 3-, 6-, 9- and 12- months post baseline]
- Change in Other Drug Use Consequences [Time frame: 3-, 6-, 9- and 12- months post baseline]
- Change in Depression Symptoms [Time frame: 3-, 6-, 9- and 12-month post baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- patients age 12-19 within the Michigan Medicine health system who had a visit within the past 2 years; and
- past 12-month alcohol use; and
- patient has a phone that can receive text messages
Exclusion criteria
- patients who do not understand English; or
- patients deemed unable to provide informed consent due to conditions that preclude understanding of assessment or intervention content; or
- parent/guardian consent is not obtained; or
- another child in household already enrolled in the study; or
- ongoing participation in another behavioral health research study
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of Michigan — Ann Arbor
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05988931 · HUM00232130 · AU-2022C1-25631