iSTART: A Campus & Community Initiative for Services in Tec-health

California State University, Northridge

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prescription Opioid Misuse; Substance Use; Marijuana Use; Illicit Drug Use; Binge Drinking; Alcohol Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: iSTART Web-app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05362357

H79SP021733

Details and patient eligibility

About

The iSTART intervention is a 30-day substance prevention web-app whereby students complete five weekly interactive modules using a smart device or computer. Each module is approximately 15 minutes long, and focuses on a select substance: (i) alcohol, (ii) marijuana, (iii) nicotine, (iv) prescription drugs, and (v) illicit drugs. The modules are based on key theoretical constructs, behavior change strategies, and practical module components: attitudes (knowledge), perceived susceptibility (risk perceptions), subjective norms (normative re-education), and self-efficacy (refusal skills). This intervention will be evaluated via a time series design using a sample of 600 students randomly assigned to either the intervention, comparison, or control condition at a public institution in southern California.

Enrollment: 1,100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Current Cal State Northridge (CSUN) matriculated students
• Age 18-30

Exclusion criteria

• Not currently a CSUN student
• Not 18-30 years of age
• Identified as having an alcohol or substance use disorder (AUD or SUD) as determined by the brief DSM-5 screener

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,100 participants in 3 patient groups

Prevention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Web-app with five weekly substance modules. Each module is approximately 15 minutes long.

Treatment:

Behavioral: iSTART Web-app

Comparison Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Web-app with single abbreviated module combining all five substances. Module is approximately 20 minutes long.

Treatment:

Behavioral: iSTART Web-app

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No access to web-app.