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Pilot Study of the YES-CAN! Program to Prevent Youth Nicotine Vaping

NCT07009509 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1166

Last updated 2025-07-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of a randomized trial of the YES-CAN! (Youth Engaged Strategies to Change Adolescent Norms) program to prevent nicotine vaping among adolescents. The program integrates the following evidence-based strategies: youth-adult collaboration; youth-developed narrative videos to convey health messages; peer leaders as change agents; and sustained implementation to change the normative environment. Two middle/high school communities will receive the YES-CAN! intervention. In each school community, a trained teacher will deliver a credit-earning middle or high school class to 25-30 middle or high school students, who will produce 6-8 short videos intended to increase refusal skills; promote stress management and positive coping; change social norms; prevent vaping initiation; and promote vaping cessation among current users. Videos will use a narrative approach and integrate known determinants of vaping. Middle or high school students will collaborate with the teacher and researchers to develop discussion guides and skills-building activities based on best practices for substance use prevention. In 6-8 sessions, middle or high school students will deliver their videos to all students in the associated middle school. A text messaging or other media component will reinforce and boost the effectiveness of the classroom sessions.

Aims for this pilot/feasibility study are:

1. To determine the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the YES-CAN! program
2. To determine the feasibility and acceptability of the research protocols that will be used in a future efficacy trial

Conditions

  • Nicotine Vaping

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

YES-CAN! program

Youth Engaged Strategies to Change Adolescent Norms

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Colorado, Denver

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lori A Crane, PhD, MPH · University of Colorado, Denver

  • Nancy L Asdigian, PhD · University of Colorado, Denver

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-15
Primary Completion
2026-10-30
Completion
2026-10-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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