Pilot Test of Computerized MET Intervention to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol Use
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- cMET completion
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this project is to conduct a pilot study evaluating feasibility, acceptability, and estimating the effect size of a new computerized Motivational Enhancement Therapy (cMET) intervention for alcohol-involved adolescent primary care patients.
Detailed Description
The goal of this project is to conduct a pilot study evaluating feasibility, acceptability, and estimating the effect size of a new computerized Motivational Enhancement Therapy (cMET) intervention for alcohol-involved adolescent primary care patients. The investigators hypothesize that 1) cMET, when added to Computerized Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (cASBI), (cASBI+cMET) will be feasible and acceptable when used in primary care; and 2) 12- to 18-yr old patients receiving cASBI+cMET will have lower rates of any alcohol use, days of alcohol use, drinks per drinking day, and days of heavy episodic drinking, than cASBI alone.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •any alcohol use days in the past 90 days
- •have an email address and internet access at home, school, or library
Exclusion Criteria
- •unable to read or understand English
- •living away at college at the time of the recruitment visit
- •not available for computer/telephone follow-ups
- •judged by the provider to be medically or emotionally unstable at time of visit
Arms & Interventions
cASBI+cMET
Participants will complete the computerized alcohol screening and brief intervention (cASBI)protocol at the time of an office visit and also complete the 2-session computerized Motivational Enhancement Therapy intervention (cMET).
Intervention: cASBI+cMET (Behavioral)
cASBI+cMET
Participants will complete the computerized alcohol screening and brief intervention (cASBI)protocol at the time of an office visit and also complete the 2-session computerized Motivational Enhancement Therapy intervention (cMET).
Intervention: cASBI (Behavioral)
cASBI
Participants will complete the computerized screening and brief intervention protocol at the time of a primary care office visit.
Intervention: cASBI (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
cMET completion
Time Frame: Baseline
The investigators will measure the percentages of completed cMET sessions by those referred to cMET.
Secondary Outcomes
- cMET satisfaction(9 months)
Investigators
John R Knight, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Senior Associate in Medicine; Associate in Psychiatry, Director, Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research, Boston Children's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital