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Study NCT ID:
NCT00451854
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2017-01-11
First Post:
2007-03-23
Brief Title:
Student Athlete Testing Using Random Notification
Sponsor:
National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA
Organization:
National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA
Study Overview
Official Title:
Student Athlete Drug Surveillance Trail
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2007-03
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
SATURN
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of drug testing on risk and protective factors of substance abuse among adolescents examine whether drug and alcohol testing among high school athletes leads to reduced drug and alcohol use and assess the use of drugs and alcohol among student athletes and non-athletes
Detailed Description:
This proposal is designed to address the increase in drug use among adolescent athletes by studying a school-based version of the random no-advance warning drug testing program used by the United States Olympic Committee USOC High school athletes are a large group comprising 50 of their schools enrollment They have a high rate of substance abuse behaviors similar to the general school population and an even higher use of ergrogenic athletic enhancing drugs Recognizing the high rate of substance abuse among young athletes and their role model effect on other students the US Supreme Court recently upheld an Oregon School Districts policy to randomly drug test students engaged in school-sponsored sports Drug testing has the potential to deter adolescent substance abuse It is gender-neutral without ethnic bias and provides a potentially powerful environmental influence However despite its legality and theorized effectiveness schools are implementing drug surveillance without the benefit of randomized prospective efficacy research
Focusing on adolescent athletes provides a unique opportunity to study the prevention effect of drug testing All sports teams in 24 schools who agree to implement mandatory testing as school policy but have never implemented this policy will be randomly assigned by school to three years of either 1 random no-advance warning drug testing or 2 a 3-year control period without testing Selection of students for drug testing will be random with no exclusions for having been previously tested State-of-the-art testing will include physician specimen collectors under the direction of research physicians PI Co-I who are Certified USOC Drug Surveillance Crew Chiefs with specimen analysis at the UCLA Olympic Laboratory using the most accurate analytical techniques to minimize false negative reducing policy integrity and false positive mislabeling students results Confidential questionnaires will be completed by student-athletes twice yearly to assess risk and protective factors for drug use and assess self-reported substance abuse The role model effect of the surveillance program on nonathletes drug use will be assessed twice yearly by anonymous survey We will determine the effect of drug testing policy on 1 adolescent drug use mediators 2 actual drug use behaviors of student-athletes and their non-athlete peers and 3 potential gender and demographic differences Reliability of subjective questionnaire responses will be assessed by comparisons with objective drug test results Study findings will assist school districts and education agencies evaluate guide and implement future drug prevention policy decisions
Focusing on adolescent athletes provides a unique opportunity to study the prevention effect of drug testing All sports teams in 24 schools who agree to implement mandatory testing as school policy but have never implemented this policy will be randomly assigned by school to three years of either 1 random no-advance warning drug testing or 2 a 3-year control period without testing Selection of students for drug testing will be random with no exclusions for having been previously tested State-of-the-art testing will include physician specimen collectors under the direction of research physicians PI Co-I who are Certified USOC Drug Surveillance Crew Chiefs with specimen analysis at the UCLA Olympic Laboratory using the most accurate analytical techniques to minimize false negative reducing policy integrity and false positive mislabeling students results Confidential questionnaires will be completed by student-athletes twice yearly to assess risk and protective factors for drug use and assess self-reported substance abuse The role model effect of the surveillance program on nonathletes drug use will be assessed twice yearly by anonymous survey We will determine the effect of drug testing policy on 1 adolescent drug use mediators 2 actual drug use behaviors of student-athletes and their non-athlete peers and 3 potential gender and demographic differences Reliability of subjective questionnaire responses will be assessed by comparisons with objective drug test results Study findings will assist school districts and education agencies evaluate guide and implement future drug prevention policy decisions
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None