Clinical trials: Adolescent Substance Use
Self Concept
Evaluation of a Youth Mentoring Program
This study will be used to determine the effectiveness of GirlPOWER!, an innovative mentoring program for adolescent minority girls living in urban areas.
- Trial name
- NCT00158353
- Testing
- GirlPOWER! mentoring program, Traditional mentoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Substance Use, Delinquency
Preventing Adolescents From Entering the Juvenile Justice System
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…
- Trial name
- CCP (NCT02147743)
- Testing
- CCP+MDFT, CCP+SAU
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Substance Use, Victimization
Safety Awareness For Empowerment (SAFE): An RCT With Young People Experiencing Homelessness
The SAFE study examines the effects of brief mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral intervention aimed at improving risk-related attention skills (risk detection, problem solving, assertiveness, and help seeking) in order to…
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT04183400)
- Testing
- Safety Awareness For Empowerment (SAFE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 244 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Denver
Substance Use
Culturally Grounded Early Substance Use Prevention for American Indian Families
This study involves adaptation, implementation, and rigorous evaluation of a family-based program designed to prevent early initiation of substance use on a Northern Plains Indian reservation.
- Trial name
- NCT02383225
- Testing
- Lakota Language enhancement, Facebook Supplement, Substance Use Resistance Skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 449 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Substance Use, Unprotected Sex
Intervention for Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior in Homeless Youth
This study will evaluate a program called AWARE, which is a voluntary four session group-based motivational interviewing (MI) intervention to reduce substance use and sexual risk behavior among 18-25 year olds who are…
- Trial name
- NCT03735784
- Testing
- AWARE
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Alcohol Use Disorder
Citicoline in Youth Alcohol Use Disorder
The goal of this study is to evaluate how citicoline, an over-the-counter supplement, versus a placebo pill (i.e., an inactive pill) affects the immune system, brain, and cognition in adolescents who may use alcohol.
- Trial name
- NCT05870111
- Testing
- Citicoline (cytidine diphosphate-choline)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Adolescent Problem Behavior, Truancy; Unsocialized
Substance Use Interventions for Truant Adolescents
This study evaluates a brief motivation-building intervention for parents and teens to reduce truancy and substance use. It is hypothesized that the motivational intervention will result in better outcomes compared to an…
- Conditions
- Adolescent Problem Behavior, Truancy; Unsocialized, Marijuana Abuse, Truancy; Socialized
- Trial name
- GOALS (NCT03655574)
- Testing
- Motivational + Family Check-up (MET+FCU), Psychoeducation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Little Cigars and Cigarillos (LCC) Use
Little Cigar and Cigarillo Warnings for Youth
This study explores the effect of the little cigars and cigarillos (LCC) warnings on youth who currently use, have ever used, or are susceptible to using LCCs.
- Trial name
- NCT06413797
- Testing
- FDA warnings + Image, FDA Warnings Text-Only, Surgeon General Text-Only Warnings
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 928 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Nicotine Dependence
Reactions to Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes in Young Adult Low-Frequency Smokers
The purpose of this study is to evaluate reactions to, and choices to self-administer, cigarette smoke with varying nicotine content among low-frequency, non-dependent adolescent/young adult smokers between the ages of 15-25…
- Trial name
- NicRed (NCT02989038)
- Testing
- Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes, Intermediate Nicotine Content Cigarettes, Normal Nicotine Content Cigarettes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Substance Use, Stress
Automating Peer Learning to Reduce Alcohol Use and Related Deviant Behavior in Secondary School
Deviant peer affiliation is one of the most important predictors of alcohol use in adolescence. These affiliations arise when socially marginalized youth self-aggregate and reinforce alcohol use and other deviant activity (i.e.…
- Conditions
- Substance Use, Stress, Relation, Interpersonal, Bullying
- Trial name
- PeerLearning (NCT04478240)
- Testing
- PeerLearning.net
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 924 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Nicotine Dependence, Nicotine Use Disorder
Combined Pharmaco/Behavior Therapy in Adolescent Smokers
In the current proposal, we intend to study the efficacy of bupropion SR with or without combined contingency management (CM) among adolescent cigarette smokers.
- Trial name
- NCT00330187
- Testing
- Bupropion SR, Contingency Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Prescription Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse
A High School Program for Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse
This project will develop and evaluate a program to prevent prescription drug misuse in high school students
- Conditions
- Prescription Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse, Substance Use (Drugs, Alcohol)
- Trial name
- NCT03219190
- Testing
- LST High School Hybrid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,804 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Health Promotion Associates, Inc.
Substance Use Disorders
CDP-choline Treatment in ATS Users
This study is a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of cytidine-5'-diphosphate choline in amphetamine-type stimulants-using adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT02630069
- Testing
- CDP-choline, Supportive psychotherapy
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
HIV, Substance Use Disorders
The Collaborative Care PrTNER Study
A randomized controlled trial to assess the ability of a Collaborative Care Prevention, Treatment, Navigation, Engagement, Resource (PrTNER) intervention to increase initiation of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (for those at-risk…
- Conditions
- HIV, Substance Use Disorders, Substance Use, AIDS
- Trial name
- PrTNER (NCT06585631)
- Testing
- CC PrTNER
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 275 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Substance Use, Mental Health Issue
Adolescent Screening and Personalized Intervention Resource for Enhancement of Behavioral Health and Substance Use
Only a small fraction of youth who are beginning to experience behavioral health problems and use alcohol or illicit drugs receive needed treatment services due to the lack of accessible, effective early intervention resources.
- Trial name
- ASPIRE (NCT06306287)
- Testing
- ePACE Personalized Intervention, eFACE Fixed Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Institute
ADHD, Smoking
Family Risk Analysis of Substance Use in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Youth Treated With Concerta
The researchers will study 100 families over three years, each with a child (proband) between the ages of 12-17, with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) diagnosis of ADHD.
- Trial name
- NCT00181792
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Substance Use Disorders
Treating Violence-related PTSD and Substance Risk in Low-income, Urban Adolescents
This project will provide initial feasibility and efficacy data for the implementation of Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) to urban, at-risk youth.
- Trial name
- POWER-NET (NCT03737383)
- Testing
- Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Prevention, Family Function
Familias Unidas: Preventing Substance Abuse in Hispanic Youth
The focus of this study will be to test the Familias Unidas Intervention program among Hispanic 8th graders in the Miami-Dade County Public School System.
- Conditions
- Prevention, Family Function, Substance Use, Sexual Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT01038206
- Testing
- Familias Unidas
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 746 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Substance Use, Parenting
Feasibility Study of a Web-based Program to Help Parents of Middle School Students Effectively Communicate With Their Children About Substance Use
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility of a web-based program for parents of middle school aged students. 286 parents and their child in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade will be asked to each complete two online questionnaires…
- Conditions
- Substance Use, Parenting, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT05900115
- Testing
- Media Ready Parent, Active Control Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 576 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovation Research & Training
Substance Use, Unsafe Sexual Behavior
Familias Unidas: Preventing Drug Abuse and HIV in Hispanic First Offenders
The main goal of the proposed study is to evaluate the efficacy of Familias Unidas (United Families), a family-based, ecodevelopmental intervention found to be previously efficacious in preventing and reducing behavior problems…
- Trial name
- NCT01257022
- Testing
- Familias Unidas
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 242 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami