Behavioral Treatment of Adolescent Substance Use

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance Use Disorders

In brief

This study will continue research designed to improve treatment outcomes for adolescent substance use disorders by integrating neuroscience- and behaviorally-based treatments. In particular, this project will be the first to evaluate whether Working Memory Training can enhance cognitive function and reduce impulsive decision making to improve abstinence outcomes. In addition, an adaptive abstinence-based incentive program will be evaluated as a new method for intervening with those who do not respond to their first-line treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02063984

Run by

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

People needed

59

Starts

2013-11-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-14

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-04

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 26. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must be 12 to 26 years of age, must live at home with the parent who will participate, report using marijuana during the previous 30 days or provide a marijuana-positive urine test, meet criteria for cannabis abuse or dependence, and have a parent who can participate.
• Exclusion Criteria: DSM criteria for dependence (likely to be adjusted for DSM-5 Use Disorder) on alcohol or other drugs other than marijuana (use of or meeting criteria for abuse of other substances will not be an exclusion criterion), active psychosis, severe medical or psychiatric illness limiting participation, or pregnant or breast-feeding.

Where it is running

• Mountain Manor Treatment Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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