An Effectiveness Trial of Project ALERT - Full Text View

Sponsor:	Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Information provided by:	Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00650585

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to replicate a longitudinal evaluation of Project ALERT, a substance abuse prevention program that targets middle school students.

Condition	Intervention
Alcohol Drinking Smoking Marijuana Smoking	Behavioral: Project ALERT

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Subject) Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title:	Promising Programs for Substance Abuse Prevention: Replication and Evaluation Initiative

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Alcohol Marijuana Smoking Smoking and Youth

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Self-reported 30-day Use of Alcohol [ Time Frame: measured approximately 30 days after intervention completed ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Self-reported 30-day Use of Cigarettes [ Time Frame: measured approximately 30 days after intervention completed ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Self-reported 30-day Marijuana Use [ Time Frame: measured approximately 30 days after intervention completed ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Self-reported 30-day Inhalant Use [ Time Frame: measured approximately 30 days after intervention completed ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Self-reported Lifetime Alcohol Use [ Time Frame: measured approximately 30 days after intervention completed ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Self-reported Lifetime Cigarette Use [ Time Frame: measured approximately 30 days after intervention completed ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Self-reported Lifetime Marijuana Use [ Time Frame: measured approximately 30 days after intervention completed ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Self-reported Lifetime Inhalant Use [ Time Frame: measured approximately 30 days after intervention completed ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment:	8338
Study Start Date:	May 2004
Study Completion Date:	June 2008
Primary Completion Date:	June 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Control group Did not receive Project ALERT
Experimental: Treatment group Received Project ALERT	Behavioral: Project ALERT Project ALERT (Adolescent Learning Experiences in Resistance Training) is a drug prevention curriculum designed for middle-school students (11 to 14 years old). The 11 lessons in the first year and 3 booster lessons in the second year focus on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants - the substances that adolescents are most likely to use. Project ALERT uses participatory activities and videos to help motivate youth to avoid drug use, to teach youth skills and strategies to resist peer pressures to use drugs, and to establish social norms against drug-use. More information about Project ALERT may be found at http://www.projectalert.best.org/. Other Name: Adolescent Learning Experiences in Resistance Training

Arms

Assigned Interventions

No Intervention: Control group

Did not receive Project ALERT

Experimental: Treatment group

Received Project ALERT

Behavioral: Project ALERT

Project ALERT (Adolescent Learning Experiences in Resistance Training) is a drug prevention curriculum designed for middle-school students (11 to 14 years old). The 11 lessons in the first year and 3 booster lessons in the second year focus on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants - the substances that adolescents are most likely to use. Project ALERT uses participatory activities and videos to help motivate youth to avoid drug use, to teach youth skills and strategies to resist peer pressures to use drugs, and to establish social norms against drug-use. More information about Project ALERT may be found at http://www.projectalert.best.org/.

Other Name: Adolescent Learning Experiences in Resistance Training

Detailed Description:

Project ALERT is a substance abuse prevention program that targets middle school students. The purposes of this evaluation are to test its immediate and one-year effectiveness in a randomized experimental design that will span a total of 2.5 years for each of two cohorts. The cohorts are spaced one year apart to reduce our implementation and data collection burdens at any one time. The design for the two cohorts is identical. In schools randomly assigned to the treatment group, instructors receive Project ALERT training and materials prior to beginning the program and have access to technical assistance on request. In schools randomly assigned to the control group, teachers implement whatever substance abuse prevention curricula they normally would (if any).

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

schools with 6th-8th grades housed together on a common campus
schools with 6th grade student population of at least 100 students
schools with no current 6th, 7th, or 8th grade implementation of any drug prevention curriculum recognized as a model program by a federally-sponsored registry
all regular education students in the targeted grade must participate

Exclusion Criteria:

students in self-contained classrooms (i.e., special education classes)

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00650585

Locations

United States, North Carolina
Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514

Sponsors and Collaborators

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Chris L Ringwalt, DrPH	Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation
Study Director:	Heddy K Clark, Ph.D.	Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation

More Information

Additional Information:

Project ALERT website This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:

Ringwalt CL, Clark HK, Hanley S, Shamblen SR, Flewelling RL. Project ALERT: a cluster randomized trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Jul;163(7):625-32.

Responsible Party:	Chris Ringwalt/Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00650585 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	2003-DR-FX-001, 2007-JF-FX-0064
Study First Received:	March 31, 2008
Results First Received:	July 27, 2009
Last Updated:	October 20, 2009
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation:

smoking
alcohol
prevention
prevention & control

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Alcohol Drinking
Marijuana Abuse
Marijuana Smoking
Smoking

Drinking Behavior
Substance-Related Disorders
Mental Disorders
Habits

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on February 07, 2012