A High School Program for Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Prescription Drug Abuse (Not Dependent); Substance Abuse; Substance Use
• Interventions: Behavioral: LST High School Online

• Registration Number: NCT03219190
• Lead Sponsor: National Health Promotion Associates, Inc.

Brief Summary

This project will develop and evaluate a program to prevent prescription drug abuse in high school students

Detailed Description

This Fast-Track SBIR project is designed to address the critical need for an effective primary prevention approach for prescription drug abuse (PDA), an urgent public health crisis in the United States. The project involves developing and testing an innovative new approach to the primary prevention of PDA among high school students utilizing e-learning and small group facilitator-led intervention modalities. The intervention is an adaptation of the evidence-based substance abuse prevention approach called Life Skills Training (LST). The adapted intervention will address the relationship between PDA and alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) use and abuse; positively change social norms surrounding ATOD and PDA; discourage diversion of prescription medications; enhance protective factors by building social and self-regulation skills through interactive learning and behavioral rehearsal scenarios.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-04-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-07-13
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-17
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-24
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-25
• Primary Completion: 2022-04
• Study Completion: 2022-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

• High school aged-youth

Exclusion Criteria

• Significant cognitive impairment or severe learning disabilities, as screened by field staff at participating sites

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
LST High School Online	LST High School Online	Provided with the prevention program, consisting of e-learning modules and classroom sessions.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in any prescription drug use in the past year	Post-test (within 2 weeks of completing final session/module of the intervention), 12-month follow-up, 24-month follow-up	The investigators will assess (via questionnaire) key study variables regarding prescription drug abuse and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and the control group at a post-test assessment and 6- and 12-month follow-up assessments.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Health Promotion Associates; 🇺🇸 White Plains, New York, United States