Risk Reduction for Drug Use and Sexual Revictimization

NCT ID: NCT00998153

Last Updated: 2018-06-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 135 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2006-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2012-06-30

Brief Summary

The investigator proposes to evaluate Risk Reduction through Family Therapy (RRFT), which integrates: 1) an ecologically-based intervention for treatment of substance abuse behaviors in high risk adolescents, 2) exposure-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for sexually assaulted youth, and 3) psychoeducation strategies for prevention of risky sexual behaviors and revictimization. The principal purpose of this research proposal is to evaluate the efficacy of RRFT in reducing the risk of drug abuse and other risky behaviors, PTSD, and revictimization among adolescents who have been sexually assaulted. The Research Plan will be conducted based on Stage 1a and Stage 1b from NIDA's Behavioral Therapies Development Program as described in Rounsaville, Carroll, & Onken (2001). The final phase of the research will involve conducting a pilot randomized controlled trial of RRFT in a sample of adolescents, comparing primary outcome measures of youth receiving RRFT to youth receiving usual care in the community. Participants will be adolescents (12-17 years) who have experienced a sexual assault. Assessment of substance use and other risk behaviors, trauma-related psychopathology, and incidents of revictimization will be collected at pre- and post- treatment, as well as 6-week and 3-month follow-ups. Hierarchical Linear Modeling will be the primary method used to test study hypotheses. Development and evaluation of the proposed intervention will have significant implications for addressing public health problems in adolescent substance abuse and related high risk behaviors.

Detailed Description

See above summary

Conditions

Risk Reduction Through Family Therapy; Usual Care

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

1

RRFT

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Risk Reduction through Family Therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Component based intervention based on existing empirically supported treatments

2

Usual care

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Risk Reduction through Family Therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Component based intervention based on existing empirically supported treatments

Interventions

Risk Reduction through Family Therapy

Component based intervention based on existing empirically supported treatments

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

RRFT

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• memorable sexual assault

Exclusion Criteria

• active psychosis
• active suicidality

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 17 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Medical University of South Carolina

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Countries

United States

References

Danielson CK, McCart MR, Walsh K, de Arellano MA, White D, Resnick HS. Reducing substance use risk and mental health problems among sexually assaulted adolescents: a pilot randomized controlled trial. J Fam Psychol. 2012 Aug;26(4):628-35. doi: 10.1037/a0028862. Epub 2012 Jun 11.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 22686269 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

K23DA018686

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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K23DA018686

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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