NCT02147743

Brief Summary

This randomized controlled study tests an innovative juvenile diversion model that integrates evidence-based family therapy.Immediate and longer term effects of the family intervention will be compared to Services As Usual with 120 adolescents participating in Miami-Dade's Civil Citation Program.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
120

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started May 2009

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

May 1, 2009

Completed
3.7 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

January 1, 2013

Completed
1 year until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

January 1, 2014

Completed
5 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 21, 2014

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

May 28, 2014

Completed
Last Updated

May 28, 2014

Status Verified

May 1, 2014

Enrollment Period

3.7 years

First QC Date

May 21, 2014

Last Update Submit

May 27, 2014

Conditions

Substance UseDelinquency

Keywords

AdolescentsFamily-Based treatmentMultidimensional Family Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • Delinquency

    Youth in CCP+MDFT will show less delinquency from intake to 9 months than youth in CCP+SAU. National Youth Survey Self-Report Delinquency Scale (SRD)will be used to assess delinquency.

    Intake through 9-month follow-up

  • Recidivism

    Juvenile justice arrest records recoding total arrests, total misdemeanor arrests, and total felony arrests for youth 6 months prior to baseline through 24 months after baseline.

    6 months prior to arrest that got youth in the CCP through 24 months after the baseline assessment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Substance Use

    Intake through the 9-month follow-up

Study Arms (2)

CCP+MDFT

EXPERIMENTAL

Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) is a multisystemic, flexible intervention system (Liddle, 2002). It is a strengths-based approach promoting protective factors and reducing risk factors for delinquency, substance use, and school problems. MDFT organizes interventions in key areas of the teen's life: self of the adolescent (includes HIV-STD risk behaviors), parenting, family environment, and school/vocational functioning.

Behavioral: CCP+MDFT

CCP+SAU

OTHER

Services as Usual (SAU) are determined on a case-by-case basis by the CCP Case Manager. SAU includes a variety of services offered by a number of community partners.

Behavioral: CCP+SAU

Interventions

CCP+MDFTBEHAVIORAL

Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT; Liddle, 2002) is one of a new generation of multi-systems oriented family-based intervention for adolescent substance abuse and delinquency. It has demonstrated considerable success with juvenile justice youth at various stages of their involvement in the justice system. The model has demonstrated efficacy in reducing substance use and delinquency, increasing the prosocial behaviors (e.g., family functioning, school outcomes) of substance abusing and court involved adolescents.

CCP+MDFT
CCP+SAUBEHAVIORAL

Services As Usual community partners will provide individualized mental health counseling and psychiatric services, psychoeducational groups and substance abuse counseling.

CCP+SAU

Eligibility Criteria

Age12 Years - 17 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17)

You may qualify if:

  • Youth 12 to 17 years old
  • Parent or guardian willing to participate in assessments/treatment
  • Demonstrate risk for mental health, substance abuse, or anger/adjustment problems on the Juvenile Services Department screening warranting intervention but not requiring residential treatment

You may not qualify if:

  • Youth under the age of 12 or over the age of 18
  • Parent/guardian not willing to participate in assessments and treatment
  • Youth not demonstrating mental health, substance abuse or anger/adjustment problems
  • Youth requiring residential treatment
  • Youth with severe mental illness or retardation

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Substance-Related Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Chemically-Induced DisordersMental Disorders

Study Officials

  • Howard Liddle, EdD

    University of Miami

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
FACTORIAL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 21, 2014

First Posted

May 28, 2014

Study Start

May 1, 2009

Primary Completion

January 1, 2013

Study Completion

January 1, 2014

Last Updated

May 28, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-05

Locations

US(1)