A Digital Intervention to Prevent the Initiation of Opioid Misuse in Adolescents in School-based Health Centers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Opioid Misuse

In brief

The primary hypothesis of this study is that at 3 months, there will be a higher proportion of intervention participants vs. control participants who report greater risk of harm from misuse of prescription opioids AND heroin.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04941950

Run by

Tyra Boomer

People needed

533

Starts

2021-10-21

Expected to finish

2025-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-01

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must:
• 1) preferably be enrolled in their high school's School-Based Health Center;
• 2) report NOT having engaged in any prior opioid misuse;
• 3) be at "high-risk" based on their report at baseline of past 30-day use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, Juul, alcohol, marijuana (including synthetics), amphetamine, cocaine, benzodiazepines, ecstasy, bath salts, or any other misuse of non-opioid prescription drugs or use of non-opioid illicit drugs OR have a score of ≥1 on the PHQ-2 OR a score of ≥1 on the GAD-2 (both screening tools used by SBHA);
• 4) be willing to sit for 60 minutes/session to play the game;
• 5) be able to provide assent/parental/guardian consent (if under age 18).

You may not qualify if…

• Failure to meet any of the inclusion criteria.

Where it is running

• Harding High School — Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
• Coginchaug High School — Durham, Connecticut, United States
• CT River Academy — East Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Fairfield College Preparatory School — Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
• Fitch High School — Groton, Connecticut, United States
• Hamden High School — Hamden, Connecticut, United States
• Weaver High School — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Maloney High School — Meriden, Connecticut, United States
• Platt High School — Meriden, Connecticut, United States
• Hopkins High School — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• New London High School — New London, Connecticut, United States
• Stamford High School — Stamford, Connecticut, United States
• Westhill High School — Stamford, Connecticut, United States
• Academy of Information, Technology, and Engineering — Stamford, Connecticut, United States
• West Haven High School — West Haven, Connecticut, United States

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