FostrSpace-CASA R61/R33

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Substance Use

• Registration Number: NCT06875323
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand how an online digital health application (app) called FostrSpace can reduce substance use among youth (ages 13-20 years old) in foster care.

Detailed Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to identify gaps in substance use prevention across existing CASA trainings and the FostrSpace app for foster youth and test how substance use trainings for CASA volunteers could help facilitate FostrSace app referrals to reduce and prevent substance use among CASA youth.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-16
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-03-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-07
• Study First Posted: 2025-03-13
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-13
• Primary Completion: 2029-03-01
• Study Completion: 2029-03-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

• Adolescents and young adults will be eligible if they are age 13-20, are proficient in English, have an assigned CASA worker, and have a device with web access.
• CASAs (ages 18 and over) will be eligible if they are assigned to a youth between the ages of 13- 20.

Exclusion Criteria

• Youth: Exclusion criteria include being non-English speaking, being within 3 months of ending with CASA services, cognitive impairment that precludes ability to provide informed consent.
• CASA: Exclusion criteria include being non-English speaking and working with a youth who is within 3 months of ending with CASA services.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of Drug Use	baseline	The Texas Christian University (TCU) drug screen with opioid supplement is used to gather detailed information about drug and opioid use.
Rate of Cigarette Use	baseline	The Cigarette smoking and vaping/e-cigarette use is used to gather detailed information about nicotine and/or cannabis use.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Alcohol and Marijuana Expectancy Questionnaire	baseline	The Alcohol and Marijuana Expectancy questionnaire is used to measure positive and negative expectancies about affective, cognitive and behavioral effects of alcohol and cannabis use. Items are rated from 1-5 scale and higher scores indicate negative alcohol and marijuana expectancies.
The Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire	baseline	The Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire is used to assess the severity of alcohol consumption. Higher scores indicate greater severity of consequences associated with alcohol consumption.
The Brief Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire	baseline	The Brief Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire is used to assess the severity of marijuana consumption. Higher scores indicate greater severity of consequences associated with marijuana consumption.
The Brief Symptom Inventory	baseline	Brief Symptom Inventory is used to measure depression, anxiety and somatization symptoms to assess for psychiatry distress. Index ranging from 0 to 72 with cut-score of 11 as indication of psychiatric distress.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCSF Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital; 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States