Health Trials

Primary Connections for Youth and Families

ConditionSubstance Use
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age12-17
SponsorThe National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare a standard adolescent-only approach to substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment to a in primary care settings. Primary outcomes (AOD use, co-occurring behavior problems, parent-youth communication about AOD use) and secondary outcomes (adolescent quality of life, therapy attendance) are assessed at screen/initial and 3, 6, 9, and 12 months follow-up.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Youth aged 12-17 years with a primary caregiver (i.e., parental figure) also in attendance to primary care appointment

Youth and caregiver are fluent in English or Spanish

Youth and caregiver are capable of using audio-assisted informed consent procedures and independently operating a hand-held tablet device

Youth and caregiver are complete routine site AOD risk screening questions prompted during PC visit intake

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Standard Screening
  • Standard Psychoeducation
  • Standard Brief Negotiated Interview (BNI)
  • Standard Referral to Treatment (RT)
  • Family Screening
  • Family Psychoeducation
  • Family Brief Negotiated Interview (BNI)
  • Family Facilitated Conversation (FC) & Referral to Treatment (RT)

Treatment groups

2,300 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

Lead sponsor

Partnership to End Addiction

Sponsor institution

Abt Associates

Collaborator

Northwestern University

Collaborator

UConn Health

Collaborator

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborator

Boston Medical Center

Collaborator

Boston Children's Hospital

Collaborator

Columbia University

Collaborator

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov