Transitional Treatment of Adolescents in Family Therapy

NCT00680381 | Completed Phase 1

• 2 other identifiers: DA15762R01DA015762
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test different treatments to reduce relapse for drug-abusing adolescents who have completed family therapy. Adolescents receive 12 weeks of family therapy, designed to strengthen family relationships and develop skills for helping the adolescent avoid drug use. Then they are randomly assigned to receive one of three eight-week follow-up treatments: phone calls from a project therapist, group therapy, or a customized schedule of therapist visits with the adolescent, the adolescent's family and teachers, coaches, probation officers and others who can help the adolescent reach or maintain abstinence. Families are assessed using questionnaires and interviews before, during and after treatment, to provide information about family functioning, the adolescent's drug use, the adolescent's peers and other factors that may contribute to treatment success or failure. Adolescents also provide urine specimens for drug screening at assessment visits. Study investigators expect the study will show that a functional family environment and insulating adolescents from the influence of peers who use drugs will help prevent relapse for adolescents who have received family therapy.

Conditions

Substance Abuse

Keywords

adolescent substance abuse

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Drug use levels for adolescents who have received family therapy and one of the three aftercare regimens

  pretx and 6 wks, 4 , 7 and 12 mos. post initial therapy session

Study Arms (3)

1

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Following 12 weeks of Functional Family Therapy (FFT), semi-weekly therapist phone calls for eight weeks.

Behavioral: MTI, Minimal Transitional Intervention

2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Following 12 weeks of FFT, weekly one-hour group therapy for eight weeks

Behavioral: GTI, Group Transitional Intervention

3

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Following 12 weeks of FFT, an eight-week, customized series of therapist visits with the adolescent, family, teachers, coaches and others who can support the adolescent's reduced level of drug use.

Behavioral: STI, Systems Transitions Intervention

Interventions

MTI, Minimal Transitional Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Following 12 weeks of Functional Family Therapy (FFT), semi-weekly phone calls from a therapist for eight weeks.

1

GTI, Group Transitional Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Following 12 weeks of FFT, weekly one-hour sessions of group therapy for eight weeks.

2

STI, Systems Transitions Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Following 12 weeks of FFT, an individualized eight-week series of therapist meetings with the adolescent, family, police, teachers, coaches and others who can support the adolescent's reduced drug use.

3

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• At least one parent, step-parent, or surrogate parent willing to participate in the study
• to 18 years if age
• meets DSM-IV (APA, 1994) diagnostic criteria for substance abuse or dependence
• Lives in the Albuquerque metropolitan area or surrounding communities with a parent, step-parent, or surrogate parent; AND
• Sufficient residential stability to permit probable contact at follow-up (e.g., not homeless at time of intake).

You may not qualify if:

• Evidence of psychotic or organic state of sufficient severity to interfere with understanding of study instruments and procedures
• Adolescent deemed dangerous to self or others during evaluation
• Services other than outpatient treatment required for the adolescent (e.g., inpatient, detoxification)
• Adolescent already has participated in treatment project at CFAR; AND
• A sibling is already participating in project.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oregon Research Institute: lead

Study Sites (1)

Oregon Res. Inst. Center for Family & Adolescent Research (CFAR)

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Substance-Related Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Holly B. Waldron, Ph.D.

  Oregon Research Institute Center for Family and Adolescent Research (ORI/CFAR)

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 16, 2008
• First Posted: May 20, 2008
• Study Start: January 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2014
• Study Completion: July 1, 2014
• Last Updated: August 5, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-08

Locations

US (1)