CHOICES-TEEN Randomized Controlled Trial

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Risk for an Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancy, Risk for Marijuana-Exposed Pregnancy, Risk for Substance-Exposed Pregnancy, HIV Risk, Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk

In brief

This randomized controlled trial will: 1) Test the efficacy of the CHOICES-TEEN (CT) intervention compared with an Attentional Control (AC) condition on reducing the risk of substance-exposed pregnancy (SEP) and HIV/STI among high-risk female youth involved with the juvenile justice system by reducing alcohol use, increasing marijuana cessation, reducing risk of pregnancy, and increasing condom use; 2) Test the efficacy of CT, compared to AC, on increasing cognitive self-regulation abilities; 3) Test proposed intervention mediators/mechanisms of action for CT overall and by race/ethnicity; and 4) Test the moderating effect of initial readiness to change on risk of SEP and risk of HIV/STI.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05368571

Run by

University of Texas at Austin

People needed

400

Starts

2022-04-08

Expected to finish

2026-04-10

Last updated by the study team

2025-06-19

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female adolescents between 14-19 years of age, of any race, who are at risk of substance-exposed pregnancy and HIV/STI will be eligible. Specifically, they must report the following behaviors within the last 3 months:
• sexual intercourse with a male
• inconsistent/ineffective condom use AND
• inconsistent/ineffective contraception use

You may not qualify if…

• severe cognitive and/or psychiatric impairment that precludes cooperation with study protocol, per judgement of the interventionist or research staff
• do not speak or read/write in English
• unable to meet study requirements, including follow-up assessments

Where it is running

• Baylor University — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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