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Behavioral Intervention

Guiding Good Choices for Adolescent Substance Abuse (GGC4H Trial)

Phase 3

Recruiting

Led By Margaret R Kuklinski, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Washington

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 3-year follow-up (cohort 1), 2-year follow-up (cohort 2) assessments

Awards & highlights

GGC4H Trial Summary

This trial will test whether the "Guiding Good Choices" program can help prevent substance abuse, depression, and delinquency among adolescents when implemented on a larger scale in pediatric primary care.

Eligible Conditions

Adolescent Substance Abuse

GGC4H Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 3-year follow-up (cohort 1), 2-year follow-up (cohort 2) assessments

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~3-year follow-up (cohort 1), 2-year follow-up (cohort 2) assessments

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3-year follow-up (cohort 1), 2-year follow-up (cohort 2) assessments for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Incidence of adolescent substance use initiation (alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and/or marijuana) through last follow-up

Secondary outcome measures

Incidence of antisocial behavior among adolescents through final follow-up

Mean adolescent anxiety symptom score at final follow-up

Mean adolescent depression symptom score at final follow-up

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Other outcome measures

Prevalence of any psychiatric disorder (depression, anxiety, or conduct disorder) among adolescents through final extraction

Prevalence of emergency department utilization by adolescents through final extraction

Prevalence of inpatient hospitalization utilization by adolescents through final extraction

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GGC4H Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Guiding Good ChoicesExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Enrollment in the intervention, Guiding Good Choices, a substance use initiation prevention program, will be recommended by the pediatrician to parents of those adolescents empaneled with an intervention arm pediatrician

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Parents of adolescents empaneled with a control arm pediatrician will not be offered Guiding Good Choices

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of WashingtonLead Sponsor

1,743 Previous Clinical Trials

1,844,234 Total Patients Enrolled

Henry Ford Health SystemOTHER

300 Previous Clinical Trials

2,096,246 Total Patients Enrolled

Kaiser PermanenteOTHER

539 Previous Clinical Trials

24,109,776 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How can I join the ranks of this clinical trial?

"This trial is meant for adolescents aged 11 to 12 who have a history of substance abuse. So far, 3636 patients have been accepted into the study."

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Do the requirements for this trial include being over the age of 30?

"Children aged 11 to 12 can participate in this trial, which is one of 78 studies open to patients under 18 years old. There are also 258 studies open to patients over the age of 65."

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How many people are eligible to participate in this experiment?

"That is correct. Based on the information available on clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is currently looking for enrollees. The first posting was on September 30th, 2019 with the most recent update on May 19th, 2022. A total of 3636 individuals are needed for this study at 3 sites."

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What are the risks associated with the Guiding Good Choices program?

"There is some clinical data that supports the efficacy of Guiding Good Choices, and it has received multiple rounds of safety testing, so it is estimated to be a safe intervention."

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Is this research project recruiting new participants?

"Yes, this clinical trial is still looking for patients. The original posting was on September 30th, 2019 with the most recent update on May 19th, 2022."

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Recent research and studies

Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal

Parent-focused Prevention of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior: Study Protocol for a Multisite Cluster-randomized Trial Implemented in Pediatric Primary Care

Scheuer, Hannah, Margaret R. Kuklinski, Stacy A. Sterling, Richard F. Catalano, Arne Beck, Jordan Braciszewski, Jennifer Boggs, et al.. 2022. “Parent-focused Prevention of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior: Study Protocol for a Multisite Cluster-randomized Trial Implemented in Pediatric Primary Care”. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2021.106621.

Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal

Parent-focused Prevention of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior: Study Protocol for a Multisite Cluster-randomized Trial Implemented in Pediatric Primary Care

Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal

Parent-focused Prevention of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior: Study Protocol for a Multisite Cluster-randomized Trial Implemented in Pediatric Primary Care

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Guiding Good Choices for Health

Margaret Kuklinski 2019. "Guiding Good Choices for Health". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04040153.