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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2020
Main ID:  ACTRN12608000432314
Date of registration: 29/08/2008
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Department of Community Health and Medicine, University of Geneva
Public title: BRIEF INTERVENTION ADDRESSING SUBSTANCE USE IN YOUNG PEOPLE CONSULTING FAMILY DOCTORS: A CLUSTER RANDOMISED TRIAL
Scientific title: Brief primary care intervention to reduce excessive substance use in young people
Date of first enrolment: 01/02/2009
Target sample size: 600
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12608000432314.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Purpose: Educational / counselling / training; Allocation: Randomised controlled trial; Masking: Blinded (masking used);Assignment: Parallel;Type of endpoint: Efficacy;  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name: Dr Dagmar HALLER   
Address:  Primary Care Unit (UIGP), Faculty of Medicine, CMU 1 rue Michel Servet 1211 GENEVE 4 Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 379 50 61
Email: dagmar.haller-hester@hcuge.ch
Affiliation: 
Name: Dr Dagmar HALLER   
Address:  Primary Care Unit (UIGP), Faculty of Medicine, CMU 1 rue Michel Servet 1211 GENEVE 4 Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 379 50 61
Email: dagmar.haller-hester@hcuge.ch
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: young people consulting family doctors for any health problem
Exclusion criteria: acute illness requiring immediate attention of the physician, severe mental disorder such as psychosis or suicidal thoughts requiring treatment in a specialised setting, drug or alcohol abuse requiring more immediate attention (such as for example alcohol abuse and recent court ruling regarding drunk driving), previous treatment for cannabis or alcohol dependence

Age minimum: 15 Years
Age maximum: 24 Years
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
cannabis use in young people;alcohol use in young people;
cannabis use in young people
alcohol use in young people
Mental Health - Addiction
Intervention(s)
Brief (5-10 minutes) one-off preventive intervention in primary care, discussing cannabis and/or alcohol use with young people in the general practice consultation
Primary Outcome(s)
point prevalence of self-reported hazardous cannabis consumption in the past 30 days as measured by a telephone administered standardised questionnaire (in French)[baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months]
Point prevalence of self-reported hazardous alcohol consumption in the past 30 days as measured by a telephone administered standardised questionnaire (in French)[baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Point prevalence of substance use related adverse psychosocial outcomes as measured by a telephone administered standardised questionnaire (in French)[baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months]
Point prevalence of self-reported abstinence from cannabis and / or alcohol in the past 30 days as measured by a telephone administered standardised questionnaire (in French)[baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
nil
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Swiss Academy of Medical Science (Kathe-Zingg-Schwichtenberg-Fonds)
Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland
Safra Foundation, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:
Commission d'ethique pour la recherche clinique en ambulatoire
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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