Status:
COMPLETED
Family Check-Up for Adolescents and Siblings
Lead Sponsor:
Brown University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Conditions:
Alcohol Abuse
Eligibility:
All Genders
12-18 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
A two group randomized design will be used to test the primary hypothesis that the experimental intervention will reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related negative consequences significantly mor...
Detailed Description
A total of 175 adolescents, 12 to 18 years old, will be drawn from multiple sites to compare the experimental condition, The Family Check Up(FCU; Dishion \& Kavanagh, 2003) to a family-based psychoedu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants will be 12 to 18 years old, inclusive, living at home with at least one parent or guardian.
- Participants will have a teenage sibling within 3 years of age of the identified adolescent patient. Siblings can be either biological or unrelated siblings in blended families, as long as they live in the same home as the parents targeted in the intervention conditions. The adolescent must have experienced a recent (within 1 month) alcohol-related event (ED admission, school disciplinary action, grounding by parents, legal action). The adolescent must also screen in by reaching the clinical cutoff score on the Adolescent Drinking Index.
Exclusion
- Alcohol positive adolescents with substance dependence diagnosis requiring a higher level of care; 18 year olds living on their own.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
104 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00925340
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
July 1 2014
Last Update
July 29 2014
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Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02906