Pathways 2 Success

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Oppositional Defiant Disorder; Conduct Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: L2B + App; Behavioral: skills for success; Behavioral: L2B

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06831123

STUDY00024346

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study involves a 3-arm randomized controlled trial designed to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of three preventive interventions designed to reduce risk for escalations in adolescent conduct problems. High school students identified to be at risk for conduct problems will be randomly assigned to one of three intervention options, including a mindfulness-based program, a mindfulness-based program augmented by a new mobile app, and a life skills program. Assessments related to intervention outcomes will be completed by adolescents, parents/guardians, and teachers at baseline, 2 weeks post-intervention, and at a 3-month follow-up.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. A 9th or 10th grade student in a partner school district
2. Referral due to elevated social/emotional risk indicated on a standardized screening tool or a referral from school support staff due to concerns about school-based conduct problems
3. Adolescents and their parents must be fluent in English

Exclusion criteria

1. Currently receiving special education services (i.e., an IEP) due to a behavioral or emotional disturbance
2. Existing diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorders, developmental/intellectual disability, or serious psychiatric disorders requiring specialized mental health treatment (e.g., psychosis, bipolar, substance use disorder, etc.)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 3 patient groups

The Learning to breathe (L2B)

Experimental group

Description:

randomized to the Learning to Breathe (L2B) mindfulness intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: L2B

L2B+App

Experimental group

Description:

randomized to the Learning to Breathe plus App condition

Treatment:

Behavioral: L2B + App

Skills for Success

Experimental group

Description:

randomized to Skills for Success

Treatment:

Behavioral: skills for success