CBITS-RTM Pilot Study
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: Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) with a Racial Trauma Module (RTM).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Substance Use. Basic parameters: from 13 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
Preventing Substance Use Among Incarcerated Youth Through Addressing Posttraumatic Stress
Overview
This pilot study, conducted in partnership with juvenile detention centers, evaluates an adapted CBITS-RTM intervention delivered in a detention school setting.
Detailed description
The study examines the intervention's feasibility and acceptability, as well as its effectiveness in reducing incarcerated youth's posttraumatic stress symptoms, improving academic functioning, and decreasing intentions to use substances post-release.
Interventions
- Behavioral Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) with a Racial Trauma Module (RTM)
The Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program is a school-based, group and individual intervention designed to reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and behavioral problems, and to improve functioning, grades and attendance, and coping skills. The CBITS intervention was adapted to juvenile justice settings with an added Racial Trauma Module (RTM), which provides youth with an overview of the effects of racism on levels of traumatic st
Primary outcome measures
- Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS) [Time frame: Baseline, 3 months post-baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Youth Alcohol and Drug Use Survey [Time frame: Baseline, 3 months post-baseline]
- Texas Christian University (TCU) Drug Screen [Time frame: Baseline, 3-months post-baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Youth must 1) be currently incarcerated in a partnering juvenile detention center, 2) be between 13-18 years of age, and 3) have a minimum of 3 months remaining on their sentence (i.e., sufficient time required to complete CBITS-RTM). Youth will complete a screening with a study team member involving the 2-item Abbreviated PTSD Checklist-Civilian version, with scores ≥4 considered a positive screen
- Clinicians are eligible if they are behavioral health staff working with youth at the detention school..
Exclusion criteria
- Observable cognitive or developmental delays or active psychosis that would interfere with completing consent, assessment or intervention.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- UCSF Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital — San Francisco
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07682441 · 25-45799