Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Alcohol Drinking; Marijuana

• Registration Number: NCT03401333
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

This study tests the feasibility of an intervention to prevent risky alcohol or marijuana use that adds a 4-week course of tailored text messaging to a brief motivational intervention for 13-18-year-old adolescents.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-11-14
• Study First Submitted: 2018-01-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-01-16
• Study First Posted: 2018-01-17
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-06
• Study Completion: 2018-06-06
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-22
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• 13 to 18 years old
• Able to provide consent or assent and parental permission
• have a functioning cell phone without pay-as-you-go text messaging

Exclusion Criteria

• currently enrolled in any substance abuse program;
• have medical/psychiatric condition that precludes participation

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Enrollment	Baseline	Number of participants per month that enroll in the study
Retention	4 weeks	% of enrolled participants that complete the 4-week follow up assessments
Satisfaction	4 weeks	Participant's rating of how much they like the intervention (Likert scale)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yale New Haven Hospital; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States