Options for Navigating Talking About Risk and Adolescent Choices

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Substance Use (Drugs, Alcohol); Substance Use Risk; Substance Use; Emotion Regulation; Risk Reduction Behavior; Risk Reduction

• Registration Number: NCT06754527
• Lead Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-12-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-30
• Study First Posted: 2025-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-01
• Study Start: 2026-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2028-09-01
• Study Completion: 2029-02-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Timeline Follow Back	Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months	A calendar assisted daily substance use estimation method obtained by interview. Days used will serve as primary outcome. More days used represent more substance use.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire - Shortened Adolescent Version	Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months	Assesses self-efficacy to resist alcohol use. Scores range from 9 to 54. Higher scores represent greater drinking refusal self-efficacy.
Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire - Shortened Adolescent Version (Adapted for Marijuana Use)	Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months	Assesses self-efficacy to resist marijuana use. Scores range from 9 to 54. Higher scores represent greater marijuana refusal self-efficacy.