Transitional Treatment of Adolescents in Family Therapy

NCT ID: NCT00680381

Last Updated: 2014-08-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 90 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2004-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-07-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test different treatments to reduce relapse for drug-abusing adolescents who have completed family therapy. Adolescents receive 12 weeks of family therapy, designed to strengthen family relationships and develop skills for helping the adolescent avoid drug use. Then they are randomly assigned to receive one of three eight-week follow-up treatments: phone calls from a project therapist, group therapy, or a customized schedule of therapist visits with the adolescent, the adolescent's family and teachers, coaches, probation officers and others who can help the adolescent reach or maintain abstinence. Families are assessed using questionnaires and interviews before, during and after treatment, to provide information about family functioning, the adolescent's drug use, the adolescent's peers and other factors that may contribute to treatment success or failure. Adolescents also provide urine specimens for drug screening at assessment visits. Study investigators expect the study will show that a functional family environment and insulating adolescents from the influence of peers who use drugs will help prevent relapse for adolescents who have received family therapy.

Conditions

Substance Abuse

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

1

Following 12 weeks of Functional Family Therapy (FFT), semi-weekly therapist phone calls for eight weeks.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

MTI, Minimal Transitional Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Following 12 weeks of Functional Family Therapy (FFT), semi-weekly phone calls from a therapist for eight weeks.

2

Following 12 weeks of FFT, weekly one-hour group therapy for eight weeks

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

GTI, Group Transitional Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Following 12 weeks of FFT, weekly one-hour sessions of group therapy for eight weeks.

3

Following 12 weeks of FFT, an eight-week, customized series of therapist visits with the adolescent, family, teachers, coaches and others who can support the adolescent's reduced level of drug use.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

STI, Systems Transitions Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Following 12 weeks of FFT, an individualized eight-week series of therapist meetings with the adolescent, family, police, teachers, coaches and others who can support the adolescent's reduced drug use.

Interventions

MTI, Minimal Transitional Intervention

Following 12 weeks of Functional Family Therapy (FFT), semi-weekly phone calls from a therapist for eight weeks.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

GTI, Group Transitional Intervention

Following 12 weeks of FFT, weekly one-hour sessions of group therapy for eight weeks.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

STI, Systems Transitions Intervention

Following 12 weeks of FFT, an individualized eight-week series of therapist meetings with the adolescent, family, police, teachers, coaches and others who can support the adolescent's reduced drug use.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. At least one parent, step-parent, or surrogate parent willing to participate in the study

2. 13 to 18 years if age

3. meets DSM-IV (APA, 1994) diagnostic criteria for substance abuse or dependence

4. Lives in the Albuquerque metropolitan area or surrounding communities with a parent, step-parent, or surrogate parent; AND

5. Sufficient residential stability to permit probable contact at follow-up (e.g., not homeless at time of intake).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Evidence of psychotic or organic state of sufficient severity to interfere with understanding of study instruments and procedures

2. Adolescent deemed dangerous to self or others during evaluation

3. Services other than outpatient treatment required for the adolescent (e.g., inpatient, detoxification)

4. Adolescent already has participated in treatment project at CFAR; AND

5. A sibling is already participating in project.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 13 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Oregon Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Holly B. Waldron, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Oregon Research Institute Center for Family and Adolescent Research (ORI/CFAR)

Locations

Oregon Res. Inst. Center for Family & Adolescent Research (CFAR)

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

R01DA015762

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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DA15762

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id