Mentored Clinical Career Award in Adolescent Substance Abuse

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance-Related Disorders

In brief

The goal of this project is to determine the barriers to, and risks and benefits of random laboratory drug testing for adolescents with identified drug or alcohol problems.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00622219

Run by

Boston Children's Hospital

People needed

96

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2013-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-21

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adolescents ages 12-21
• Participants must have use of alcohol, cannabis, or another substance on at least 2 occasions in the 30 days preceding their initial assessment or 6 or more times in the past 90 days
• Participants must have health insurance or be willing to pay for the laboratory costs associated with drug testing.
• Participants must provide informed assent and, for those under 18, parental consent.

You may not qualify if…

• Participants who require immediate hospitalization or immediate referral to residential substance abuse treatment
• Participants who cannot understand or read English at a 6th grade reading level
• Participants who are enrolled in the ASAP buprenorphine program
• Participants who report previous use of inhalants or any other substance that is not easily detected with urine drug testing

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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