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NCT03370393

Prevention of Adolescent Risky Behaviors: Neural Markers of Intervention Effects

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 26 January 2026
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Pathways for African-Americans' Success (PAAS) in Risk-Taking in 146 participants. Completed in 10 April 2025.

Timeline
11 December 2017
Primary endpoint
31 March 2025
10 April 2025

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of California, Irvine
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposeprevention
Enrollment146
Start date11 December 2017
Primary completion31 March 2025
Estimated completion10 April 2025
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of California, Irvine

Who can join

Adults 11 to 14, any sex, with Risk-Taking or Adolescent Behavior. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Changes in Emotional Regulation Primary · 18 weeks (from pre-intervention to 3-months after post-intervention)

Emotional regulation was assessed through parent and youth self-reported questionnaires using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition (BRIEF-2). T scores, normed for age and sex are available. T-score standardizes an individual's executive functioning difficulties relative to peers. For example, 50 is the population mean and a standard deviation of 10. Higher scores indicate more significant problems. Scores below 60 are within normal limits; 60-64: subclinical difficulties; 65-69: mildly elevated; 70-74: moderately elevated; and 75 or above: considered highly eleva

Pre-intervention (baseline)
GroupValue95% CI
Pathways for African-Americans' Success54.43± 12.23
Wait-list52.02± 10.15
Post-intervention (3-month follow-up after 6-week intervention)
GroupValue95% CI
Pathways for African-Americans' Success54.47± 13.74
Wait-list60.77± 16.76
Changes in Cognitive Regulation Secondary · 18 weeks (from pre-intervention to 3-months after post-intervention)

Cognitive regulation was assessed through parent and youth self-reported questionnaires using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition (BRIEF-2). T scores, normed for age and sex are available. T-score standardizes an individual's executive functioning difficulties relative to peers. For example, 50 is the population mean and a standard deviation of 10. Higher scores indicate more significant problems. Scores below 60 are within normal limits; 60-64: subclinical difficulties; 65-69: mildly elevated; 70-74: moderately elevated; and 75 or above: considered highly eleva

Pre-intervention (baseline)
GroupValue95% CI
Pathways for African-Americans' Success55.41± 10.71
Wait-list54.51± 10.52
post-intervention (3-month follow-up after intervention)
GroupValue95% CI
Pathways for African-Americans' Success51.81± 20.94
Wait-list55.66± 18.44

Sponsor's own description

Adolescence is a time of biological and behavioral changes that can lead to risky and dangerous behaviors, and African-American youth are highly vulnerable to the consequences of risky behavior, including HIV/AIDS and violence, leading to premature death. The investigators previously showed that an intervention program reduces HIV-risk vulnerability behaviors in many African-American youth. The investigators aim to measure how the program affects different regions of the brain in order to better prevent or reduce such risky behaviors among African-American youth.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. ACNP 62nd Annual Meeting: Poster Abstracts P1 – P250
    · 2023

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