Teen Health Choices & Wellness (THC&W)

Brown University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Substance Use; Wellness, Psychological; Health Behavior

Treatments: Other: Cue reactivity paradigm

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06822569

R01DA055600 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

2023003584

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to learn more about changes in health, wellness, and substance-use behaviors as teenagers get older. Participants, ages 13 to 16, will be asked to use a smartphone application developed for this research study. Participants will also come to Brown University or meet via video conference to answer questions about specific behaviors, choices, and feelings that may change over time.

Enrollment: 224 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. be age 13 to 16 years
2. engage in a target health behavior on at least one recent occasion
3. speak, read, and understand English or Spanish
4. live in or near Rhode Island

Exclusion criteria

1. lifetime history of moderate or severe substance use disorder or treatment, excluding nicotine use disorder
2. current psychotic symptoms or active suicidality (i.e., intent in the past 30 days)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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224 participants in 1 patient group

Naturalistic, longitudinal

Other group

Description:

Teenagers ages 13 to 16 years at the time of recruitment.

Treatment:

Other: Cue reactivity paradigm