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Personality-Targeted Interventions for Substance Abuse

N/A

Waitlist Available

Research Sponsored by St. Justine's Hospital

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 baseline - 4 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will help researchers understand if a personality-targeted intervention, in addition to regular treatment, can help reduce alcohol and illicit drug use in adolescents with mental health problems.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adolescents aged 14-17 with mood or anxiety disorders and substance abuse issues, who are seeking psychiatric help. They must have a parent or guardian's consent to participate.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if adding a personality-targeted intervention to regular treatment helps reduce alcohol and drug problems in youths. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive this cognitive-behavioural intervention or no additional intervention.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since the interventions are non-medical (cognitive-behavioral therapy), typical medication side effects aren't expected. However, discussing sensitive topics might cause temporary distress.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline - 4months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline - 4months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline - 4months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Change in Binge drinking frequency

Change in Drinking frequency

Change in Drinking problems

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Secondary outcome measures

Change in Emotional and behavioural problems

Trial Design

4Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Learning to manage your negative thinkingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Cognitive behavioural intervention targeting pessimistic and negative thinking in hopeless youth

Group II: Learning to cope with your sensation seekingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Cognitive behavioural intervention designed to help sensation seeking youth manage their need for stimulation and excitement.

Group III: Learning to cope with your impulsivityExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Cognitive-behavioural intervention targeting impulsive personality

Group IV: Learning to cope with your anxiety sensitivityExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Cognitive behavioural intervention teaching anxiety sensitive youth to manager their sensitivity to threat and anxiety.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Personality-targeted interventions

2007

Completed Phase 3

~3190

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Who is running the clinical trial?

St. Justine's HospitalLead Sponsor

196 Previous Clinical Trials

78,969 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Personality-targeted interventions Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT01595568 — N/A

Substance Abuse Research Study Groups: Learning to manage your negative thinking, Learning to cope with your sensation seeking, Learning to cope with your anxiety sensitivity, Learning to cope with your impulsivity

Substance Abuse Clinical Trial 2023: Personality-targeted interventions Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT01595568 — N/A

Personality-targeted interventions 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT01595568 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are individuals currently being enrolled in the trial?

"Clinicaltrials.gov has revealed that the advertised trial is no longer recruiting patients, with its initial posting on February 1st 2012 and subsequent editing on July 18th of the same year. Nonetheless, 1730 alternate clinical trials are currently in need of participants."

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Is the enrollment for this research program limited to those aged 65 or below?

"The requirements for this trial restrict enrolment to adolescents aged 14 - 17. There are 418 trials available that cater exclusively to those under 18 and 1150 specifically tailored toward adults over 65 years old."

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