Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use (STAR)

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Marijuana; Alcohol Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: Text Messaging and Brief Negotiation Interview

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03401333

2000021254

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study tests the feasibility of an intervention to prevent risky alcohol or marijuana use that adds a 4-week course of tailored text messaging to a brief motivational intervention for 13-18-year-old adolescents.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 13 to 18 years old
• Able to provide consent or assent and parental permission
• have a functioning cell phone without pay-as-you-go text messaging

Exclusion criteria

• currently enrolled in any substance abuse program;
• have medical/psychiatric condition that precludes participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Text messaging and brief intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Brief motivational interview and 4-weeks of text messaging.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Text Messaging and Brief Negotiation Interview