Partnering to Enhance Emerging Adults' Response to Programs (PEER)

UConn Health

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Alcohol Use, Unspecified

Treatments: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06115252

O25-013-1

1R01AA030678-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial (CT) is to learn more about emerging adults' and their peers. Here, we will see how co-participating with a peer in health program might impact brain and behavior change over time.

Eligible youth will be invited to come in for a "Participation Day," during which they and a peer will independently complete questionnaires. With a peer, they will then complete a short health program, and undergo a brain scan (fMRI) while completing activities. Our study team will reach out to each participant individually again 3, 6, and 12 months later to learn about health behaviors over time.

Enrollment: 248 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• within the specified age range
• agree to be contacted for the 3, 6, and 12 month follow ups
• provide fully informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• left-handed
• evidence of brain injury/illness and/or neurological, neurodevelopmental disorder including psychosis and related medications (e.g., antipsychotics; neuroleptics)
• loss of consciousness ≥ 2 minutes
• other fMRI contraindications (e.g., unremovable metal on/in body, pregnant)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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248 participants in 1 patient group

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing (MI)