Supporting Adolescent Alcohol Treatment With Computer-Based ('Path180') Skills Training

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Conditions studied: Alcohol Use Disorder

In brief

This 8-week clinical trial will test a computer-based skills training program called Path180 with 112 adolescents aged 13 to 19 who are receiving mental health counseling or outpatient substance use treatment. Participants will be randomly assigned to either standard treatment (treatment as usual) or standard treatment plus Path180. The study will use ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to closely track how Path180 may influence the use of CBT skills and clinical outcomes in daily life. The goal is to help make evidence-based treatment more accessible for underserved youth in the early stages of alcohol use disorder.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT07713251
Run by: Brown University
People needed: 112
Starts: 2026-07-07
Expected to finish: 2028-07-31
Last updated by the study team: 2026-07-20

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Ages 13 to 19 years, inclusive; we will exclude children < 13 due to diversity across adolescence and youths > 19 because our focus is teenagers
Seeking/receiving mental health counseling and/or outpatient substance use disorder treatment at Bradley Hospital or another national clinic/treatment service
Self-reported alcohol use in the past year
Meets criteria for a current DSM-5 alcohol use disorder assessed using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children: Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS)
Able to understand written and oral instructions in English, communicate understanding of the consent/assent form, and provide written informed consent/assent
Complete all assessments required at screening.
Provide contact information of someone, such as a parent or other family member, who may be able to contact the participant in case of a missed study appointment or follow-up assessment.
Agree to the schedule of visits, verbally acknowledge that he/she/they will be able to attend each scheduled visit, participate in phone visits and that he/she/they does not have any already scheduled events or a job that may substantially interfere with study participation.
If younger than 18 years, permission from the minor's legal authorized representative (e.g., caregiver, parent) is required, herein referred to as parent permission.

You may not qualify if…

Current significant alcohol withdrawal symptoms (score > 10) on the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol-Revised (CIWA-AR); those with current significant alcohol withdrawal may be re-screened after stabilization
DSM-5 criteria for a severe SUD besides alcohol, cannabis and tobacco
Psychosis NOTE: Prospective participants diagnosed with psychiatric disorders not specifically excluded above may be included at the discretion of the principal investigator as long as the concurrent treatment for the comorbid psychiatric condition does not compromise the study integrity by virtue of its type, duration, or intensity.

Where it is running

Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies — Providence, Rhode Island, United States (enrolling)

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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