Integrated Treatment for Enhancing Growth in Recovery During Adolescence

NCT ID: NCT06395467

Last Updated: 2025-11-25

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

294 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-11-26

Study Completion Date

2028-05-31

Brief Summary

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This is a Phase II parallel group randomized controlled trial with 294 adolescents (age: 14-21 years) with alcohol and other drug \[AOD\] use disorder (hereafter substance use disorder), that compares two different active psychosocial interventions designed to address adolescent substance use disorder. Participants are recruited from our clinical settings and the community at two sites: one in the metro Boston, Massachusetts (MA) area and the other in the metro Farmington, Connecticut (CT), area.

Study aims and hypotheses are as follows:

1. To extend the evidence for the initial efficacy of Integrated Treatment for Enhancing Growth in Recovery During Adolescence (InTEGRA), which integrates 12-Step Facilitation (TSF) with Motivational Enhancement Therapy/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MET/CBT) relative to gold standard MET/CBT alone (N = 294). It is hypothesized that youth assigned to InTEGRA will have greater 12-step participation during and following treatment, higher abstinence rates, and fewer substance-related negative consequences.
2. Investigate the personal recovery capital (PRC) and social recovery capital (SRC) mechanisms of behavior change through which InTEGRA may confer benefits dynamically over time (e.g., PRC: motivation, self-efficacy, coping; SRC: 12-step involvement; social network changes).
3. Investigate moderators of InTEGRA's effects on outcomes across one-year follow-up (e.g., effect of age, network support for AOD use; psychiatric severity; age composition of 12-step meetings on substance use and substance-related consequences). It is hypothesized that higher network support for AOD use, abstinence motivation, and greater AOD severity, will have a better response to InTEGRA.
4. Explore barriers and facilitators to InTEGRA adoption and implementation across providers and system administrators within the context of a type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation research design.

Detailed Description

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Interested individuals will be screened by phone, followed by a more rigorous screening completed at intake. With the anticipated sample size of 294, expected enrollment is between 6-7 participants per month across the two sites during the enrollment period (about 3-4 per site).

Participants are randomized to treatment conditions in a 1:1 ratio using a computerized urn randomization program (stratified by age and gender) The study data analyst will share this information with the treatment providers once a given group is ready to begin. The research assistants conducting assessments will be blinded to condition assignment.

Beginning at treatment conclusion (approximately 3 months after enrollment), participants are followed up every 3 months for one year following their baseline enrollment date.

The treatment conditions are InTEGRA, which integrates key elements of TSF with MET/CBT, and MET/CBT alone.

Conditions

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Alcohol Use Disorder Cannabis Use Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
Staff conducting assessments are blinded to participant condition.

Study Groups

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InTEGRA

10 weekly, in-person or virtual treatment sessions (2 individually-delivered and 8 group sessions). InTEGRA contains many primary treatment elements of MET/CBT, but comparatively less time is spent on these elements to allow for the integration of the TSF content (about 50%). As part of this TSF, for example speakers from 12-step fellowships such as Marijuana Anonymous (MA), Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) are invited to share their experiences and discuss myths and facts related to attendance at 12-step meetings as well as answer any questions participants have about these fellowships. During an orientation session, parents of youth in the InTEGRA condition only (not MET/CBT alone) are given information about the potential benefits of 12-step meeting participation and a list of Young Person's 12-step meetings and encouraged to facilitate their child's participation during and after treatment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

InTEGRA

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Session topics are as follows: Parent Info Session - Informational and Q\&A format; Motivation Building- Addressing AA/NA Expectancies and Experiences; AA/NA Expectancies and Treatment Goal Setting Session; Alcohol and Drug Refusal Skills; Coping with Urges and Other Thoughts about Drinking; Problem Solving; Anger Management (AA/NA and Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired "HALT"; Effective Communication (Sharing at AA/NA meetings; getting a sponsor); Depression Management; Using AA/NA for enhancing Social Support and Increasing Pleasant Activities; Planning for Emergencies and Coping with Relapse

MET/CBT

10 weekly, in-person or virtual treatment sessions (2 individually-delivered and 8 group sessions) modified from MET/CBT approaches (Webb, Scudder, Kaminer, \& Kadden, 2002; Sampl \& Kadden 2001) tested in the Cannabis Youth Treatment Study (Dennis et al. 2004).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

MET/CBT

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Session topics are as follows: Motivation Building Session; Goal Setting Session; Alcohol and Drug Refusal Skills; Coping with Urges and Other Thoughts about Drinking; Problem Solving; Anger Management; Effective Communication; Depression Management; Enhancing the Social Support Network and Increasing Pleasant Activities; Planning for Emergencies and Coping with Relapse

Interventions

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InTEGRA

Session topics are as follows: Parent Info Session - Informational and Q\&A format; Motivation Building- Addressing AA/NA Expectancies and Experiences; AA/NA Expectancies and Treatment Goal Setting Session; Alcohol and Drug Refusal Skills; Coping with Urges and Other Thoughts about Drinking; Problem Solving; Anger Management (AA/NA and Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired "HALT"; Effective Communication (Sharing at AA/NA meetings; getting a sponsor); Depression Management; Using AA/NA for enhancing Social Support and Increasing Pleasant Activities; Planning for Emergencies and Coping with Relapse

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

MET/CBT

Session topics are as follows: Motivation Building Session; Goal Setting Session; Alcohol and Drug Refusal Skills; Coping with Urges and Other Thoughts about Drinking; Problem Solving; Anger Management; Effective Communication; Depression Management; Enhancing the Social Support Network and Increasing Pleasant Activities; Planning for Emergencies and Coping with Relapse

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. 14-21 years old
2. SUD based on criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5)
3. able to read and comprehend English at a 5th-grade level
4. residence in New England (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine) or New York
5. any AOD use in the past 90 days (or in the 90 days prior to being in a controlled environment)
6. meet patient placement criteria for level I (outpatient) treatment
7. participant and a family member/guardian responsible for providing collateral information (for those \<18 years) agree to sign Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved consent
8. participant and family member responsible for providing collateral information who could be contacted in case the subject became lost to follow-up.

Exclusion Criteria

1. suicidal ideation with a plan, suicidal behavior, a plan to hurt oneself or others, or a history of self-injurious behavior occurring in past 30 days
2. lifetime diagnosis of schizophrenia
3. current health condition (i.e., medical, psychiatric) that compromises participant's ability to attend outpatient treatment
4. demonstrate inability or unwillingness to identify a "locator" who could be contacted in case participant becomes lost to follow-up; or
5. youth attending another SUD treatment program or receiving psychotherapy that could conflict with study treatments.
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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John F. Kelly

Director, Recovery Research Institute; Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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John F Kelly, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Massachusetts General Hospital

Locations

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UConn Health

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

MGH Department of Psychiatry

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Alexandra W Abry, BA

Role: CONTACT

617-724-5259

Jenny B O'Connor, BA

Role: CONTACT

617-724-7932

Facility Contacts

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Simon Zhornitsky, PhD

Role: primary

860-679-8165

Meadow Pallein, BA

Role: backup

860-679-2069

Alexandra W Abry, BA

Role: primary

617-724-5259

Jenny B O'Connor, BA

Role: backup

617-724-7932

References

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Kelly JF, Kaminer Y, Kahler CW, Hoeppner B, Yeterian J, Cristello JV, Timko C. A pilot randomized clinical trial testing integrated 12-Step facilitation (iTSF) treatment for adolescent substance use disorder. Addiction. 2017 Dec;112(12):2155-2166. doi: 10.1111/add.13920. Epub 2017 Aug 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28742932 (View on PubMed)

Kelly JF, Yeterian JD, Cristello JV, Kaminer Y, Kahler CW, Timko C. Developing and Testing Twelve-Step Facilitation for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorder: Manual Development and Preliminary Outcomes. Subst Abuse. 2016 Jun 13;10:55-64. doi: 10.4137/SART.S39635. eCollection 2016.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27429548 (View on PubMed)

Kelly JF, Urbanoski K. Youth recovery contexts: the incremental effects of 12-step attendance and involvement on adolescent outpatient outcomes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012 Jul;36(7):1219-29. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01727.x. Epub 2012 Apr 17.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22509904 (View on PubMed)

Kelly JF, Urbanoski KA, Hoeppner BB, Slaymaker V. Facilitating comprehensive assessment of 12-step experiences: A Multidimensional Measure of Mutual-Help Activity. Alcohol Treat Q. 2011 Jan 1;29(3):181-203. doi: 10.1080/07347324.2011.586280.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22081741 (View on PubMed)

Kelly JF, Dow SJ, Yeterian JD, Myers M. How safe are adolescents at Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings? A prospective investigation with outpatient youth. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2011 Jun;40(4):419-25. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.01.004. Epub 2011 Feb 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21353446 (View on PubMed)

Kelly JF, Dow SJ, Yeterian JD, Kahler CW. Can 12-step group participation strengthen and extend the benefits of adolescent addiction treatment? A prospective analysis. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Jul 1;110(1-2):117-25. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.02.019. Epub 2010 Mar 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20338698 (View on PubMed)

Kelly JF, Myers MG, Rodolico J. What do adolescents exposed to Alcoholics Anonymous think about 12-step groups? Subst Abus. 2008;29(2):53-62. doi: 10.1080/08897070802093122.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19042324 (View on PubMed)

Kelly JF, Brown SA, Abrantes A, Kahler CW, Myers M. Social recovery model: an 8-year investigation of adolescent 12-step group involvement following inpatient treatment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008 Aug;32(8):1468-78. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00712.x. Epub 2008 Jun 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18557829 (View on PubMed)

Dennis M, Godley SH, Diamond G, Tims FM, Babor T, Donaldson J, Liddle H, Titus JC, Kaminer Y, Webb C, Hamilton N, Funk R. The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Study: main findings from two randomized trials. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2004 Oct;27(3):197-213. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2003.09.005.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15501373 (View on PubMed)

Webb, C., Scudder, M., Kaminer, Y., & Kadden, R. M. (2002). The Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Supplement: 7 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users, Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Series, Volume 2. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 07-3954. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2002, reprinted 2003, 2004, and 2007.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Sampl, S., & Kadden, R. M. (2001). Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users: 5 Sessions, Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Series, Volume. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. BKD384.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Kelly JF, Myers MG, Brown SA. A multivariate process model of adolescent 12-step attendance and substance use outcome following inpatient treatment. Psychol Addict Behav. 2000 Dec;14(4):376-89.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11130156 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01AA030926

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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2023P000727

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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