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Adolescent Stress and Substance Intervention Subsequent to Trauma

Rhode Island Hospital · with National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) · NCT07197476

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 12–17 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
92
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
March 3, 2026
Record last updated
July 9, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The long-term goal of this study is to address the adoption of the new trauma center requirement to establish best practices of screening for acute stress with an intervention to prevent both adolescent PTSD and substance use. The investigators will develop, refine, and pilot test the Adolescent Stress and Substance Intervention Subsequent to Trauma (ASSIST) video interventions that build upon the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma guidelines to improve mental health care during and after hospitalization for traumatic injury. The aims are:

PHASE I - Primary Aim 1: To develop and refine two ASSIST video interventions for adolescents and parents admitted to a level 1 pediatric trauma center.

PHASE II

  • Primary Aim 2a: To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and implementation potential of the ASSIST video interventions.
  • Primary Aim 2b: Develop the ASSIST implementation protocol using a national advisory panel of pediatric trauma center leaders.

Participants in PHASE 1:

Parent and child duo

  • Review storyboards for the video interventions
  • Participate in qualitative interviews at hospital admission and 1 month following discharge

Pediatric trauma center clinical staff members:

  • Complete qualitative interviews

Participants in PHASE II

Parent and child duo

  • Shown their own video interventions
  • Complete assessments at admission and 1-, 2-, 3- months after discharge

Being studied: ASSIST Video Intervention

Conditions: PTSD; Substance Use Disorder (SUD); Acute Stress Disorder

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria for Youth

  • Must be 12-17 years
  • Fluent in English or Spanish
  • Able to provide informed assent
  • Have a parent able to provide informed consent

Inclusion Criteria for Parents

  • Live with an admitted pediatric trauma patient
  • Fluent in English or Spanish
  • Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • Prisoner or in police custody
  • Involvement with child protective services
  • Admitted due to suicide attempt or non-suicidal self-injury
  • Any acute condition that would preclude provision of informed consent or assent

Recruiting US locations

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, RI 02903

    Site contact: Michael J Mello, Doctor of Medicine · 401-519-0330 · mjmello@brownhealth.org

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