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Testing Project ALERT with Getting To Outcomes in Middle Schools

This study is testing two programs together: Project ALERT and Getting To Outcomes (GTO). Project ALERT is a drug prevention program for 7th and 8th graders. GTO is a support program that helps schools use Project ALERT more effectively. The goal is to see if using GTO helps schools deliver Project ALERT better, which could improve its impact on preventing substance abuse. We are looking for 7th-grade students (ages 12-14) and school staff at participating schools to join. Success will be measured by changes in student alcohol and drug use, how they deal with consequences of use, and their confidence in resisting substance use. The current status of this study is unclear.

Study design
This study is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific intervention. It plans to enroll 42 participants.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Student alcohol and drug behavior, consequences, and resistance self-efficacy will be assessed at each follow-up point from baseline for past year use.

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NCT05219422

Testing ALERT With GTO in Middle Schools

Active, Not Recruiting
NAAges 11–70InterventionalPrevention
RAND
~42 participants
Updated 2026-08-20 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Project ALERTGetting to Outcomes

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Student alcohol and drug behavior
Measured over Changes assessed for past year use at each follow-up point from baseline
+4 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Substance Abuse

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
California1

Study leadership

  • Matthew Chinman, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · RAND
  • Eric Pedersen, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Southern California

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Eligibility for student participants: all students in 7th grade, primarily aged 12-14, attending school at one of the enrolled schools in the study.
Eligibility for school staff participants: all educators interested in enrolling in the study at each of the enrolled schools.

Exclusion

Not meeting eligibility criteria

What this trial measures

  • Student alcohol and drug behaviorChanges assessed for past year use at each follow-up point from baseline

    Alcohol and drug use will be assessed for alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, e-cigarettes, prescription opioids, and heroin (lifetime, past month, past year use), allowing us to evaluate program effects on ever, past month, and weekly use. We will assess marijuana and nicotine using items to capture nuanced products (e.g., JUUL/vape pens) and include combinations of marijuana/nicotine products to assess co-use, such as using a vaporizer to vape both nicotine e-liquid and cannabis oil. For alcohol, we will ask questions that allow us to construct 3 alcohol misuse scales: (1) alcohol-related consequences (sum of 5 dichotomous questions on: getting sick, getting in a physical fight, getting in trouble at school, getting in trouble at home, doing something he/she later regretted); (2) high-risk drinking (sum of 3 dichotomous variables: binge drinking in the past month, polydrug use of alcohol and marijuana in the past year, weekly drinking); and (3) overall misuse (sum of above 8 variables).

  • Student pro-substance use risk factors on consequencesChanges assessed for past year consequences of use at each follow-up point from baseline

    Beliefs about the short- and long-term consequences (positive and negative). Measures come from the Project ALERT survey posted on the Project ALERT website and utilized in the 4 prior RCTs of Project ALERT.

  • Student resistance self-efficacyChanges assessed for past year self-efficacy use at each follow-up point from baseline

    Resistance self-efficacy from the Project ALERT survey measures avoiding use of all 6 drugs in risky situations. Measure is posted on the Project ALERT website and utilized in the 4 prior RCTs of Project ALERT.

  • Student pro-substance use risk factors on perceived normsChanges assessed for past year perceived peer use at each follow-up point from baseline

    Normative beliefs about the prevalence of use and its acceptability to others, including peers and parents. Measures come from the Project ALERT survey posted on the Project ALERT website and utilized in the 4 prior RCTs of Project ALERT.

  • Student pro-substance use risk factors on expectanciesChanges assessed for past year use at each follow-up point from baseline

    Expectations of drug use in the next 6 months. Measures come from the Project ALERT survey posted on the Project ALERT website and utilized in the 4 prior RCTs of Project ALERT.