Technology Interventions for Youth Alcohol Use

University of Michigan

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Alcohol Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: Web Program + App; Behavioral: Web Program + App + Text Messages

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05988931

HUM00232130

AU-2022C1-25631 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of two programs to prevent/reduce alcohol misuse among youth primary care patients. Depending on their study condition, youth will receive a brief web-based computer program or the web program + 8 weeks of supportive text messages. Parents/caregivers of youth are encouraged to use a freely available app to guide conversations with their child about drinking. This study will have significant impact by evaluating response to these scalable interventions which can be deployed widely in clinical care settings.

Enrollment: 1,400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 19 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients age 12-19 within the Michigan Medicine health system who had a visit within the past 2 years; and
• past 12-month alcohol use; and
• patient has a phone that can receive text messages

Exclusion criteria

• patients who do not understand English; or
• patients deemed unable to provide informed consent due to conditions that preclude understanding of assessment or intervention content; or
• parent/guardian consent is not obtained; or
• another child in household already enrolled in the study; or
• ongoing participation in another behavioral health research study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,400 participants in 2 patient groups

Web Program + App

Active Comparator group

Description:

Brief intervention web program (rooted in Motivational Interviewing) recommended at enrollment with parent/caregiver recommended to download and use app (with strategies to talk to youth about drinking prevention).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Web Program + App

Web Program + App + Text Messages

Active Comparator group

Description:

Brief intervention web program (rooted in Motivational Interviewing) recommended at enrollment with parent/caregiver recommended to download and use app (with strategies to talk to youth about drinking prevention) plus youth receive 8 weeks of text messages.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Web Program + App + Text Messages