Home-based Continuing Care for Young Adults Leaving Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance Use Disorders

In brief

The purpose of this project is to develop and test a Home-based Continuing Care intervention that will help parents support the recovery of their Young Adult (YA) child who is leaving residential substance abuse treatment. The two phase pilot study will 1) interview 50 parents and 50 YAs recruited from residential treatment programs and from parent groups to inform the development of the intervention and 2) conduct a two-arm pilot study that will recruit a maximum of 20 parents and their young adult children into one of two conditions (Home-based Continuing Care \[HCC\] intervention group or Services as Usual \[SAU\] comparison group) with the main goal of determining whether conducting such an intervention is acceptable and sustainable, and to collect preliminary efficacy data. We hypothesize that pilot testing will indicate that: (a) HCC is acceptable and potentially sustainable; (b) conducting a randomized clinical trial is feasible, and (c) the magnitude of outcomes from HCC will be clinically meaningful.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02152033

Run by

Treatment Research Institute

People needed

30

Starts

2014-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-03-28

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Parent is 21 years of age or older
• Young Adult (YA) is 18-25 years of age
• YA's primary drug of abuse is prescription or other opiates
• Parent must be the custodial parent or former guardian or other caretaker of the YA
• YA is in residential treatment
• Parent and YA plan to live in the same residence during the intervention (32 weeks)
• Both Parent and YA provide written informed consent and pass the consent quiz testing knowledge of basic elements of informed consent and study requirements (including home urine testing).

You may not qualify if…

• Parent currently has a substance use disorder (SUD) as determined via DSM-IV-TR criteria or a history of SUD and in recovery for less than 2 years
• Parent or YA has been diagnosed as having, or behaves in, a manner consistent with having significant cognitive impairment (e.g., an unrelieved psychosis or other serious mental illness)
• YA reports suicidal ideation with a plan, or engaged in suicidal behavior during residential treatment
• YA has a recent history of severe violence toward the parent (e.g., involving weapons or hospitalization)
• YA's residential program provides comprehensive continuing services
• YA does not consent to participation within 2 weeks of discharge

Where it is running

• Family Training Program — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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