NCT03239249: IKO

The Cluster-randomized Evaluation of the IKO-model

Completed NA Last updated 28 September 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing IKO-model in School Drop Out Prevention in 7,678 participants. Completed in 1 December 2021.

Timeline

1 March 2016

Primary endpoint
1 December 2021

1 December 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Oslo Metropolitan University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	7,678
Start date	1 March 2016
Primary completion	1 December 2021
Estimated completion	1 December 2021
Sites	42 locations across Norway

Drugs / interventions tested

• IKO-model
• Treatment as usual

Conditions studied

• School Drop Out Prevention — all drugs for School Drop Out Prevention →

Sponsor

Oslo Metropolitan University

Who can join

Adults 15 to 16, any sex, with School Drop Out Prevention. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The aim of this study is to analyze whether and how a systemic school-level approach to dropout prevention (the IKO-model), increase the completion rate from upper secondary school. The hypothesis is that schools that implement the model (i.e. randomized to the experimental group), will reduce the amount of students in risk of dropout, compared to their counterparts in schools randomized to the control group. The main expected outcomes in the study are; 1) increased amounts of students in upper secondary education completing their education within the three-year standard length of education, 2) decreased amounts of school-drop out, and 3) reduced values in mediating variables, such as low achievement, course failures, lack of attendance and lack of school-motivation and -effort. Accordingly, implementation quality and fidelity to the model will be assessed, both with quantitative (survey) and qualitative (interviews and observation) data. A total of five counties and 42 upper secondary schools participate in the evaluation project. One of the counties (Akershus County) have developed and piloted the model and function as a mentor in the other four counties (Oppland, Hedmark, Nord-Trøndelag and Hamar). While 20 schools have been randomized to the experimental group, 22 schools have been randomized to the control group. Schools randomized to the control group will work as earlier with school dropout.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.