MATAspire: Mental Health Awareness Tailored App for Substance Prevention and Integrated Resilience Education

NCT06553196 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: H79SP083737
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,000
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The MATAspire intervention is a web-app designed to promote substance misuse prevention education and bolster protective coping skills whereby students complete six weekly interactive modules using a smart device or computer. Each module is approximately 15-20 minutes long and focuses on select substances and coping strategies: (i) adaptive coping strategies, (ii) alcohol, (iii) cannabis, (iv) nicotine, (v) prescription drugs and opioids, (vi) final module. The modules are based on key theoretical constructs, behavior change strategies, and practical module components: attitudes (knowledge), perceived susceptibility (risk perceptions), and subjective norms (normative re-education). The intervention will be evaluated via a time series design using a sample of (\~1000 students) randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control conditions at a public institution in Southern California.

Conditions

Alcohol Use; Cannabis Use; Nicotine Use; Illicit Drug Use; Prescription Opioid Misuse

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Change from baseline alcohol use behavior at 3 months

  Measured as the number of days drinking alcohol in past 30-days

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline binge drinking at 3 months

  Measured as the number of days consumed five or more alcoholic beverages at the same time for males; four or more for females in past 30-days

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline cannabis use at 3 months

  Measured as the number of days smoking, vaping, dabbing, oral (edibles/gummies/drinks), sprays, tinctures, and topically in past 30-days

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline nicotine use at 3 months

  Measured as the number of days using menthol cigarettes, regular cigarettes, loose tobacco rolled into cigarettes or cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, snus, and others in past 30-days

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline electronic vape use products at 3 months

  Measured as the number of days using vaporizers, vape pens, hookah pens, electronic cigarettes, e-pens, or electronic nicotine delivery systems in past 30-days

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention

• Change from baseline non-prescribed prescription drug use behavior at 3 months

  Measured as the number of days used stimulants, sedatives, benzodiazepines, and prescription opioids in past 30-days

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline coping skills at 3 months

  Measured as the degree of effective and ineffective ways to cope with a stressful life event in ...

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change from baseline alcohol use related outcomes at 3 months

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline nicotine use related outcomes at 3 months

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline cannabis use related outcomes at 3 months

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline non-prescribed prescription drug use related outcomes at 3 months

  Baseline and 90-days following completion of intervention

Other Outcomes (11)

• Change from baseline risk perceptions at 3 months

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline subjective norms at 3 months

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

• Change from baseline attitudes at 3 months

  Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion

Study Arms (2)

Prevention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Web-app with 6 weekly coping \& substance modules

Behavioral: MATAspire Web-app

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No access to web-app

Interventions

MATAspire Web-app BEHAVIORAL

Substance misuse prevention education and adaptive coping skills

Prevention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Current Cal State Northridge (CSUN) matriculated students with active CSUN email
• Age 18 and older

You may not qualify if:

• Not currently a CSUN student
• CSUN students under the age of 18 years
• Have previously participated in this study
• Identified as having an alcohol or substance use disorder (AUD or SUD) as determined by the brief Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 5 screener

Sponsors & Collaborators

• California State University, Northridge: lead

Related Links

• Project website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking; Opioid-Related Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Drinking Behavior; Behavior; Narcotic-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Bethany Rainisch, PhD, MPH

CONTACT

818-677-4081; bethany.rainisch@csun.edu

Linn Dahlman, MPhil

CONTACT

818-677-5397; mataspire@csun.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator, Department Chair, Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 8, 2024
• First Posted: August 14, 2024
• Study Start: August 24, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 15, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2028
• Last Updated: August 14, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share