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Drug AbusePhase 2NCT00198874

Youth Drug Abuse Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

A Phase 2 study testing Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Education in people with Drug Abuse, run by University of Florida at 1 site in United States.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This Stage II study is in response to NIDA's Behavioral Therapies Development Program (PA-99-107). A randomized clinical trial is proposed to evaluate the direct, mediated, and moderated effects of Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (IFCBT), a multisystems treatment for adolescent drug abuse with… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 13 to 21 years
Conditions the study is for
Drug Abuse
What is being tested?
Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Education
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
296 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2005to Dec 2011
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 13 to 21 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Inclusion Criteria: Adolescents and young adults aged 13 to 21 years old who have significant drug-related problems or meet diagnostic criteria for drug abuse/dependence.

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Exclusion Criteria: Acute psychotic, suicidal, homicidal ideation. Problem severity requiring residential treatment.

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Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205

Other trials in United States

About this study

This Stage II study is in response to NIDA's Behavioral Therapies Development Program (PA-99-107). A randomized clinical trial is proposed to evaluate the direct, mediated, and moderated effects of Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (IFCBT), a multisystems treatment for adolescent drug abuse with promising efficacy results. In the first study aim, we seek to evaluate the separate and possibly synergistic effects of family systems and cognitive-behavioral IFCBT components on posttreatment drug abuse problem severity, problem behavior, psychiatric distress, and academic achievement of adolescent drug abusers. Innovative analytic strategies are subsequently used to evaluate the degree to which successful outcomes are attributable to specific familial and cognitive-behavioral change processes targeted by IFCBT components. The possibility of effect-modification also is considered, with a focus on neurocognitive, psychiatric comorbidity, and demographic factors. Namely, we seek to understand how variations in specific client characteristics, such as executive dysfunctions or psychiatric comorbidity, might explain why treatments work for some drug abusing youths but not others. In addition to promising findings on IFCBT efficacy, this Stage II proposal benefits from the development and Stage I study application of (a) treatment manuals; (b) therapist training procedures; (c) therapist adherence and competence tools; (d) a neuropsychological battery to assess cognitive functions; (e) a psychodiagnostic battery to assess comorbid psychiatric disorders; and (f) a study assessment battery comprised of therapeutic process and outcome measures. This revised application has sought to address well-taken concerns cited by the reviewers while maintaining proposal strengths. The lack of adolescent drug treatment research continues to be a serious gap in the addictions literature despite alarmingly high rates of drug abuse among youth and the range of morbidities and mortality that result nationwide. If successful, this project should help to identify specific behavior change processes targeted by family systems and cognitive-behavioral treatments that foster subsequent reductions in drug use and problem behavior among recovering youth. Neurocognitive and psychiatric influences on adolescent drug treatment outcomes appear to be significant yet are poorly understood. Increasing our understanding of relationships between client characteristics, skill development during treatments, and subsequent outcomes should also help to improve adolescent drug treatments.

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This Stage II study is in response to NIDA's Behavioral Therapies Development Program (PA-99-107). A randomized clinical trial is proposed to evaluate the direct, mediated, and moderated effects of Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (IFCBT), a multisystems treatment for adolescent drug abuse with promising efficacy results. In the first study aim, we seek to evaluate the separate and possibly synergistic effects of family systems and cognitive-behavioral IFCBT components on posttreatment drug abuse problem severity, problem behavior, psychiatric distress, and academic achievement of adolescent drug abusers. Innovative analytic strategies are subsequently used to evaluate the degree to which successful outcomes are attributable to specific familial and cognitive-behavioral change processes targeted by IFCBT components. The possibility of effect-modification also is considered, with a focus on neurocognitive, psychiatric comorbidity, and demographic factors. Namely, we seek to understand how variations in specific client characteristics, such as executive dysfunctions or psychiatric comorbidity, might explain why treatments work for some drug abusing youths but not others. In addition to promising findings on IFCBT efficacy, this Stage II proposal benefits from the development and Stage I study application of (a) treatment manuals; (b) therapist training procedures; (c) therapist adherence and competence tools; (d) a neuropsychological battery to assess cognitive functions; (e) a psychodiagnostic battery to assess comorbid psychiatric disorders; and (f) a study assessment battery comprised of therapeutic process and outcome measures. This revised application has sought to address well-taken concerns cited by the reviewers while maintaining proposal strengths. The lack of adolescent drug treatment research continues to be a serious gap in the addictions literature despite alarmingly high rates of drug abuse among youth and the range of morbidities and mortality that result nationwide. If successful, this project should help to identify specific behavior change processes targeted by family systems and cognitive-behavioral treatments that foster subsequent reductions in drug use and problem behavior among recovering youth. Neurocognitive and psychiatric influences on adolescent drug treatment outcomes appear to be significant yet are poorly understood. Increasing our understanding of relationships between client characteristics, skill development during treatments, and subsequent outcomes should also help to improve adolescent drug treatments.

Conditions
Drug Abuse
Being tested
Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Education
Keywords
drug abuse, drug dependence, treatment, randomized trial, stage II study, adolescents, young adults, efficacy study
Medical subject headings
Substance-Related Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral TherapyBehavioural

    The family therapy component of IFCBT includes engagement, active treatment, and maintenance phases. The cognitive program focuses on harmful effects of drugs and strategies to better manage drug abuse risks. The cognitive-behavioral program introduces youths to problem-solving behavior change principles and study skills to promote school achievement.

  • EducationOther

    Drug education curriculum was delivered to participants assigned to this condition.

Study groups in NCT00198874
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
PsychoeducationActive comparatorNot described
Receives: Other: Education
Conitive Behavorial TherapyExperimentalNot described
Receives: Behavioral: Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Family TherapyExperimentalNot described
Receives: Behavioral: Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Intergrated FamilyExperimentalNot described
Receives: Behavioral: Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Marijuana use abstinence and frequency

    The Personal Experience Inventory (PEI) is a youth self-report drug use inventory that assesses the frequency and quantity of substance use and drug abuse risk factors, such as deviant behavior and peer drug use.

    Measured: 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 Month Follow-up Assessment

  2. Other drug use abstinence and frequency

    The Adolescent Stage of Change Scale (ASCS) consists of items to measure youths' motivation to change drug use behavior. Urine will also be analyzed for the presence of drugs, such as cannabinoids, cocaine, opiates, amphetamine, methamphetamine, MDMA, benzodiazepines, and barbiturates using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry methods.

    Measured: 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 month Follow-up Assessment

  3. Alcohol use abstinence and frequency

    Personal Experience Inventory (PEI) is a youth self-report drug use inventory that assesses the frequency and quantity of substance use and drug abuse risk factors, such as deviant behavior and peer drug use.

    Measured: 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 month Follow-up assement

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Legal involvement

    The parent and adolescent versions of the Missouri Assessment for Genetics Interview for Children (MAGIC) address diagnostic symptoms associated with DSM-IV criteria including conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder and includes questions on legal involvement.

    Measured: 3,6,9, 12, and 18 month follow-up assessment

  2. Family functioning

    The Family Assessment Measure (FAM) is a self-report tool for parents and children that measures change processes targeted by the family systems component of IFCBT, including appropriate role performance, parental control, and communication.

    Measured: 3,6,9,12, and 18 month follow-up assessment

  3. Problem solving skill

    The Social Problem Solving Inventory (SPSI) assesses respondents' problem solving skill across the five dimensions addressed during the Problem Solving Therapy module of IFCBT.

    Measured: 3,6,9,12, and 18 month assessment

  4. Rational Beliefs

    The Rational Thinking Questionnaire assesses rational and irrational beliefs in relation to drug-related and general life issues.

    Measured: 3,6,9,12, and 18 month assessment

  5. Learning Strategy Skill

    The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) assesses adolescents' motivation to learn in school and use of effective learning strategies that are addressed during the Learning Strategy Training module of IFCBT.

    Measured: 3,6,9,12, and 18 month assessment

  6. Academic Achievement

    The Interview on Sociodemographic Characteristics is administered to collect information on grades, academic achievement, days truant, school behavior problems, detention, suspension, and expulsion.

    Measured: 3,6,9,12, and 18 month assessment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 Sep 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2005
  3. Primary completionJun 2010
  4. Study completionDec 2011

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Factorial
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
296 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00198874
Sponsor's protocol ID
5R01DA010777-08
Other IDs
5R01DA010777-08
Status last verified
Sep 2012
First submitted
13 Sep 2005
Last updated
28 Sep 2012
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Latimer WW, Winters KC, D'Zurilla T, Nichols M. Integrated family and cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescent substance abusers: a stage I efficacy study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2003 Sep 10;71(3):303-17. doi: 10.1016/s0376-8716(03)00171-6.

    PubMed 12957348
  • Latimer WW, Stone AL, Voight A, Winters KC, August GJ. Gender differences in psychiatric comorbidity among adolescents with substance use disorders. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2002 Aug;10(3):310-5. doi: 10.1037//1064-1297.10.3.310.

    PubMed 12233992

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Integrated Family and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Education in people with Drug Abuse, run by University of Florida at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Sep 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Marijuana use abstinence and frequency (time frame: 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 Month Follow-up Assessment). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00198874, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Sep 2012.

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