3M Study - Maria Malmö Mobile Telephone Study

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The present study, in an out-patient setting for substance use treatment in adolescents, examines the effect on treatment retention of a mobile telephone follow-up technique (interactive voice response), with or without personal feedback. Subjects in treatment for substance use disorders will be followed by automated mobile telephone contact with questions about psychiatric symptoms and substance use, and the investigators hypothesize that this technique, including a personal feedback reporting back to the client whether his or her status is changing in one way or another, may increase the treatment retention, possibly by means of an intensified treatment contact.

Official Title
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Interactive Voice Response With and Without Personal Feedback in the Treatment of Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders

Conditions
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Substance Use Disorders

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Interactive voice response with personal feedback
* Behavioral: Interactive voice response without personal feedback


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patient applying for substance use disorder treatment at out-patient facility Maria Malmö, Malmö, Sweden, who are less than 25 years old and who provide written informed consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: Patients who do not provide written informed consent to the study, or whose psychiatric condition or language difficulties make it impossible for them to understand patient information and give informed consent to the study.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Maximum Age: 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Interactive voice response with personal feedback<br>Interactive voice response follows the client twice weekly for 3 months with respect to symptoms and substance use, in both arms. This intervention group also receives a personalized and automated feedback describing whether the symptom status of the patient is better, worse or equal, compared to the preceding follow-up. | Behavioral: Interactive voice response with personal feedback<br>* Personal feedback is given at the end of each automated telephone follow-up call, and reports back to the patient whether his och her symptom status is better, worse or equal, compared to the previous telephone call.<br>|
| Active Comparator: Interactive voice response without personal feedback<br>This control group is also followed with identical interactive voice response follow-up, addressing symptoms and substance use, but without the personal feedback. | Behavioral: Interactive voice response without personal feedback<br>* Control condition. Identical follow-up but without personal feedback.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retention in substance use disorder treatment | Duration of retention in treatment and whether the client remains in treatment at 3 months or not. | 3 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Improvement in substance use | Do patients in the intervention group improve more than in the control group, with respect to substance use (alcohol/drug use), during the duration of the interactive voice response intervention? | 3 months | 
| Improvements in psychiatric symptoms | Do patients in the intervention group improve more than in the control group, with respect to psychiatric symptoms, during the duration of the interactive voice response intervention? | 3 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Substance use disorders, Adolescents, Retention, Mobile telephone, Follow-up, Interactive voice response