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Parent SMART (Substance Misuse in Adolescents in Residential Treatment)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05169385

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Official title

Improving Outcomes of Adolescents in Residential Substance Use Treatment Via a Technology-Assisted Parenting Intervention

Brief summary

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Adolescents in residential substance use treatment have serious substance-related problems and poor outcomes following discharge: follow-up studies indicate that 60% of adolescents treated in residential treatment will relapse within the first 90 days. Parenting practices have been established as a critical predictor of adolescents' substance use outcomes and likelihood of relapse following treatments, but parents are notoriously difficult to engage in adolescent substance use treatment. Findings such as these provide strong justification for targeting parents of adolescents in residential substance use treatment via easily accessible interventions. This study tests the effectiveness of a technology-assisted parenting intervention called Parent SMART (Substance Misuse among Adolescents in Residential Treatment). The intervention combines an off-the-shelf computer program that teaches parenting skills called Parenting Wisely, four telehealth coaching sessions, and a networking forum that allows parents to connect with a clinical expert and with other parents. The investigators will compare adolescents who receive standard residential substance use treatment to adolescents who receive the same treatment plus whose parents receive Parent SMART. Investigators will test the comparative effectiveness of Parent SMART versus residential treatment as usual on parental monitoring and communication, adolescent substance use (i.e., days of substance use and substance-related problems), and substance-related high-risk behaviors (i.e., school-related problems, criminal involvement, externalizing behavior). The investigators will also test whether improvements in parenting partially mediate any observed changes in adolescent substance use and other high-risk behaviors.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT05169385
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Brown University
Other
Enrollment
220 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
12 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 28, 2022
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2027
Completion
Feb 1, 2027
Last update posted
Apr 2, 2025

2022 – 2027

United States locations

U.S. sites
3
U.S. states
3
U.S. cities
3
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Rosecrance Health Network Rockford Illinois 61107 Recruiting
Rosecrance Jackson Centers Sioux City Iowa 51101 Completed
Hazelden Betty Ford Plymouth Minnesota 55441 Recruiting

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