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Teen Health Choices & Wellness

An interventional study of Cue reactivity paradigm in Health Behavior, Wellness, Psychological and Substance Use, sponsored by Brown University. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 16 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-29.

Sponsored by Brown University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Screening

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
224
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
13 Years to 16 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this observational study is to learn more about changes in health, wellness, and substance-use behaviors as teenagers get older. Participants, ages 13 to 16, will be asked to use a smartphone application developed for this research study. Participants will also come to Brown University or meet via video conference to answer questions about specific behaviors, choices, and feelings that may change over time.

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Conditions studied

  • Health Behavior
  • Wellness, Psychological
  • Substance Use
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
13 Years to 16 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  1. be age 13 to 16 years
  2. engage in a target health behavior on at least one recent occasion
  3. speak, read, and understand English or Spanish
  4. live in or near Rhode Island

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. lifetime history of moderate or severe substance use disorder or treatment, excluding nicotine use disorder
  2. current psychotic symptoms or active suicidality (i.e., intent in the past 30 days)
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
224 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    Naturalistic, longitudinal

    Teenagers ages 13 to 16 years at the time of recruitment.

    Other: Cue reactivity paradigm

Interventions

  • OtherCue reactivity paradigm

    Participants will be exposed to cues in a fixed sequence while they answer questions about their emotions and thoughts. The cues will include everyday items (e.g., an ink pen) and substance-related items (e.g., a vape pen).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Maximum subjective craving during cannabis cue exposure (rated on a 0 to 10 scale).

    This study utilizes a structured cannabis cue exposure paradigm. During cue exposure, participants rate subjective craving on a scale from 0, "Not at all," to 10, "Extremely." The specific item to assess positive effects is the question, "How strong is your craving to use cannabis right now" sourced from the Morean' Drug Craving Questionnaire-Now. See reference section.

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 year, 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Maximum subjective positive effects of cannabis use in daily life (rated on a 0 to 10 scale).

    This study utilizes a smartphone application to collect self-reported subjective cannabis effects in the participant's daily life. Following a self-initiated report of cannabis use in daily life, participants rate subjective positive effects of cannabis at that moment (i.e., "right now") on a scale from 0, "Not at all," to 10, "Extremely." The specific item to assess positive effects is the question, "Do you like any of the effects you are feeling right now?" sourced from the Tiffany's Drug Effects Questionnaire. See reference section.

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 year, 2 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Brown University School of Public Health
    Providence, Rhode Island 02903, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Morean ME, de Wit H, King AC, Sofuoglu M, Rueger SY, O'Malley SS. The drug effects questionnaire: psychometric support across three drug types. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 May;227(1):177-92. doi: 10.1007/s00213-012-2954-z. Epub 2012 Dec 28. PubMed 23271193 ↗
  • Tiffany ST, Singleton E, Haertzen CA, Henningfield JE. The development of a cocaine craving questionnaire. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1993 Dec;34(1):19-28. doi: 10.1016/0376-8716(93)90042-o. PubMed 8174499 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — De-identified data that cannot individually identify participants may be shared with researchers internal and external to Brown University upon reasonable request by qualified research collaborators. Data shared with qualified researchers will not contain any protected health information or other personally identifiable information that could be used to identify individual participants.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06822569
Lead sponsor
Brown University
Collaborators
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 12, 2025
Start date
Dec 27, 2024
Primary completion
Feb 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 29, 2026

Study contacts

Primary Researcher
Contact
teenhealth@brown.edu
401-863-6623

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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