Clinical trials and implementation

Our multidisciplinary team are involved in several clinical trials and implementation studies within the AOD sector.

These trials are listed below:

Commonwealth Department of Health (led by Professor Connor & Professor Hides), National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR)
- First Step Brief Intervention Study: Evaluating the ‘First Step’ in treatment for individuals seeking substance use interventions
- QuikFix Study: Implementation and effectiveness of an early intervention program for young people experiencing alcohol and other drug-related harm
- Trauma Informed Care Residential Project: Development, implementation and evaluation of a new evidence-based, trauma-informed model of residential care
- The College Project: Feasibility and outcomes of a social network targeted evidence-based brief intervention for AOD use and related-harm in university students
- The Grit Wellbeing Program Evaluation: A wave randomised controlled trial to determine the efficacy of the Grit Wellbeing Program for individuals attending residential rehabilitation and day group treatment programs for substance use problems
- Keep it Real: A randomised controlled trial evaluation of a web-based program for cannabis use and psychotic experiences.
Australian Rotary Health (led by Professor Hides)
- FullFix: A pilot randomised controlled trial of a telephone delivered transdiagnostic intervention for comorbid substance and mental health problems in young people
Healthy Lifestyles Study (led by Professor Hides): Trial and evaluation of the Healthy Lifestyles Program for Residential AOD Treatment Services
SMART Recovery (led by Professor Kelly)

QuikFix Study

Hides, L., Quinn, C., Chan, G., Cotton, S., Pocuca, N., Connor, J. P., ... & Kavanagh, D. J. (2021). Telephone‐based motivational interviewing enhanced with individualised personality‐specific coping skills training for young people with alcohol‐related injuries and illnesses accessing emergency or rest/recovery services: a randomized controlled trial (QuikFix). Addiction, 116(3), 474-484.

Hides, L., Wilson, H., Quinn, C., & Sanders, D. (2016). QuikFix: enhanced motivational interviewing interventions for youth substance use. Advances in Dual Diagnosis.

Hides, L., Kavanagh, D. J., Daglish, M., Cotton, S., Connor, J. P., Barendregt, J. J., ... & Mergard, L. (2014). The Quik Fix study: a randomised controlled trial of brief interventions for young people with alcohol-related injuries and illnesses accessing emergency department and crisis support care. BMC emergency medicine, 14, 1-11.

Trauma Informed Care Residential Project

Mefodeva, V., Carlyle, M., Walter, Z., & Hides, L. (2023). Client and staff perceptions of the integration of trauma informed care and specialist posttraumatic stress disorder treatment in residential treatment facilities for substance use: A qualitative study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42(1), 181-192.

The College Project

Davidson, L., Mefodeva, V., Walter, Z., & Hides, L. (2023). Student perceptions of the current drinking culture in three Australian residential colleges: Drinking motives, consequences and recommendations for harm minimisation strategies. Drug and alcohol review, 42(1), 135-145.

Davidson, L., Ellem, R., Keane, C., Chan, G., Broccatelli, C., Buckley, J., ... & Hides, L. (2022). A two-stage social network intervention for reducing alcohol and other drug use in residential colleges: Protocol for a feasibility trial. Contemporary clinical trials, 118, 106779.

The Grit Wellbeing Program Evaluation

Quinn, C. A., Walter, Z. C., de Andrade, D., Dingle, G., Haslam, C., & Hides, L. (2022). Controlled Trial Examining the Strength-Based Grit Wellbeing and Self-Regulation Program for Young People in Residential Settings for Substance Use. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 13835.

FullFix

Walter, Z., Quinn, C. A., Dingle, G., Pocuca, N., Baker, A. L., Beck, A., ... & Hides, L. (2021). FullFix: a randomised controlled trial of a telephone delivered transdiagnostic intervention for comorbid substance and mental health problems in young people. BMJ open, 11(10), e045607.

Healthy Lifestyles Study

Carlyle, M., Walter, Z. C., Theroux, B., Leung, J., & Hides, L. (2023). Reliability of online self-report versions of the Australian Treatment Outcome Profile (ATOP) and Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) among people in residential treatment for substance use problems. Addictive Behaviors, 107756.

SMART Recovery

Beck, A. K., Larance, B., Baker, A. L., Deane, F. P., Manning, V., Hides, L., & Kelly, P. J. (2023). Supporting people affected by problematic alcohol, substance use and other behaviours under pandemic conditions: A pragmatic evaluation of how SMART recovery Australia responded to COVID-19. Addictive Behaviors, 139, 107577.

Beck, A. K., Larance, B., Manning, V., Hides, L., Baker, A. L., Deane, F. P., ... & Kelly, P. J. (2023). Online SMART Recovery mutual support groups: Characteristics and experience of adults seeking treatment for methamphetamine compared to those seeking treatment for other addictive behaviours. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42(1), 20-26.

Beck, A. K., Kelly, P. J., Deane, F. P., Baker, A. L., Hides, L., Manning, V., ... & Martini, M. (2021). Developing a mHealth routine outcome monitoring and feedback app (“Smart track”) to support self-management of addictive behaviours. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 677637.

Kelly, P. J., McCreanor, K., Beck, A. K., Ingram, I., O'Brien, D., King, A., ... & Larance, B. (2021). SMART Recovery International and COVID-19: Expanding the reach of mutual support through online groups. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 131, 108568.

Kelly, P. J., Beck, A. K., Deane, F. P., Larance, B., Baker, A. L., Hides, L., ... & McGlaughlin, R. (2021). Feasibility of a mobile health app for routine outcome monitoring and feedback in SMART recovery mutual support groups: Stage 1 mixed methods pilot study. Journal of medical Internet research, 23(10), e25217.

Beck, A. K., Larance, B., Deane, F. P., Baker, A. L., Manning, V., Hides, L., ... & Kelly, P. J. (2021). The use of Australian SMART Recovery groups by people who use methamphetamine: Analysis of routinely-collected nationwide data. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 225, 108814.

Kelly, P. J., Beck, A. K., Baker, A. L., Deane, F. P., Hides, L., Manning, V., ... & McGlaughlin, R. (2020). Feasibility of a mobile health app for routine outcome monitoring and feedback in mutual support groups coordinated by SMART recovery Australia: protocol for a pilot study. JMIR research protocols, 9(7), e15113.

Gray, R. M., Kelly, P. J., Beck, A. K., Baker, A. L., Deane, F. P., Neale, J., ... & McGlaughlin, R. (2020). A qualitative exploration of SMART Recovery meetings in Australia and the role of a digital platform to support routine outcome monitoring. Addictive behaviors, 101, 106144.

Kelly, P. J., Beck, A. K., Baker, A. L., Deane, F. P., Hides, L., Manning, V., ... & McGlaughlin, R. (2020). Incorporating routine outcome monitoring and tailored feedback into SMART Recovery Australia mutual support groups using a novel mHealth application (‘Smart Track’): Protocol for a pilot study examining feasibility and acceptability. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(7), 1-17.

Keep it Real

Wilson, J., Constable, T., Mason, K., Ferris, L., Quinn, C., Hides, L., ... & Carlyle, M. (2022, June). Pain and Psychotic-like Experiences in Young People Using Cannabis. In Medical Sciences Forum (Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 38). MDPI.

Carlyle, M., Constable, T., Walter, Z. C., Wilson, J., Newland, G., & Hides, L. (2021). Cannabis-induced dysphoria/paranoia mediates the link between childhood trauma and psychotic-like experiences in young cannabis users. Schizophrenia Research, 238, 178-184.

Hides, L., Baker, A., Norberg, M., Copeland, J., Quinn, C., Walter, Z., ... & Kavanagh, D. (2020). A web-based program for cannabis use and psychotic experiences in young people (keep it real): protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR research protocols, 9(7), e15803.