Options for Navigating Talking About Risk and Adolescent Choices
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: ON-TRAC.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Substance Use (Drugs, Alcohol), Substance Use Risk, Substance Use, Emotion Regulation. Basic parameters: 12 years — 15 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- 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
Emotion Regulation Intervention to Prevent Substance Use Among Youth in the Child Welfare System
Overview
This study will examine the effectiveness of ON-TRAC (Options for Navigating Talking about Risk and Adolescent Choices), which is an online substance use prevention program that also teaches emotion regulation skills. 200 adolescents, 12-15 years of age, will be randomized to ON-TRAC or a wait list comparison group (who will be offered the intervention at the end of their study participation) to determine impact on substance use, emotion regulation abilities, mental health symptoms, and other risk behavior outcomes.
Interventions
- Behavioral ON-TRAC
Online tablet-based intervention that teaches youth emotion regulation skills and integrates substance use prevention content
Primary outcome measures
- Timeline Follow Back [Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire - Shortened Adolescent Version [Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months]
- Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire - Shortened Adolescent Version (Adapted for Marijuana Use) [Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Contact with the Rhode Island child welfare system
- Caregiver who is a parent/guardian of a child who experienced maltreatment
- Caregiver who speaks English or Spanish
- Caregiver who does not have developmental delays
- Adolescent who is between 12-15 years of age
- Adolescent who is fluent in English
- Adolescent who has active follow-up with the Rhode Island child welfare system due to an indicated finding of abuse or neglect in the past year
Exclusion criteria
- Adolescent who cannot read at a 4th grade level
- Adolescent who has a sibling who has participated in the program
- Adolescent who has developmental delays
- Adolescent who lacks parental consent for the study
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06754527 · ON-TRAC (unknown Protocol ID) · R61DA059785