Integrated Treatment for Enhancing Growth in Recovery During Adolescence

Description

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.

Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorder, Cannabis Use Disorder

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Study overview

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.

Integrated Treatment for Enhancing Growth in Recovery During Adolescence (InTEGRA)

Integrated Treatment for Enhancing Growth in Recovery During Adolescence

Condition
Alcohol Use Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Farmington

UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut, United States, 06032

Boston

MGH Department of Psychiatry, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility 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 Massachusetts or Connecticut
  • 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.
  • 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.

Ages Eligible for Study

14 Years to 21 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Massachusetts General Hospital,

John F Kelly, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Record Dates

2027-04-30