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Contraception and Alcohol Risk Reduction Internet Intervention Randomized Trial

NCT ID: NCT02128880

Last Updated: 2016-10-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

74 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-02-28

Study Completion Date

2016-08-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of the proposed research is to develop and pilot test a novel Internet intervention to reduce the risk of Alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP). Efficacious interventions to reduce the risk of AEP have been developed, but are not widely available. In this project, we will develop a novel Internet intervention to reduce AEP risk by combining the resources of two research teams focused on primary prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and robust Internet interventions, respectively. We will use our evidence-based AEP risk reduction intervention materials and our existing Internet intervention development platform to build and pilot test an Internet intervention (Contraception and Alcohol Risk Reduction Internet Intervention, CARRIII) in a stage 1 behavioral and integrative therapies development project.

This three year R34 project will develop and program the new Internet intervention, and will determine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the intervention in a pilot RCT. In this protocol, we will assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of CARRIII against a Patient Education Website condition in a pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) with assessments at pre-, post-, and 6 months.The primary hypothesis is that women randomized to the CARRIII condition will change more in 3 markers of AEP-related outcomes (risky drinking, ineffective contraception, and AEP risk) than women assigned to the Patient Education website condition. We will prepare for a future cost effectiveness evaluation in the larger RCT to follow by pilot testing proposed measures. The pilot RCT will yield effect size estimates for a subsequent fully powered trial. If the Internet intervention is promising, it should be tested in a fully powered national trial. The Internet intervention could substantially increase the options for AEP prevention, and could lead to a reduction in incident FASD.

Detailed Description

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As the first study of a fully interactive Internet intervention for reducing AEP risk, the proposed project is a significant extension of the growing literature on Internet interventions to reduce problem drinking, which established their feasibility and acceptability, with evidence of efficacy especially in the university drinking setting. Most brief online interventions for problem drinking have incorporated self-assessment and tailored normative feedback, and some offer cognitive behavioral exercises. Only one web-based intervention to date targeted AEP risk. In that study, a static Internet presentation of AEP risk reduction intervention materials was compared to the same intervention delivered by mail in a quasi-experimental design. The web delivered and mailed versions of this self-guided change intervention significantly reduced AEP risk. The proposed intervention will build on this study as well as existing alcohol Internet intervention findings and extend the focus to a new population with a new goal (AEP prevention) by targeting both drinking AND ineffective contraception. It will also incorporate significant enhancements compared to the static web-based self-guided change intervention for AEP by adding dynamic, interactive, and feedback elements that mirror the interaction in successful face-to-face interventions.

Conditions

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Keywords

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AEP, drinking, contraception, FASD, Internet interventions

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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CARRII

CARRII: This is a highly interactive Internet intervention consisting of 6 Cores of Intervention material, including Core 1, Overview, Core 2: Your Risk for AEP, Core 3: Drinking, Core 4: Contraception, Core 5: Thoughts and Decisions, and Core 6: Commit to It.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

CARRII

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CARRII is an interactive, personalized and tailored Internet intervention designed to reduce the risk of AEP among drinking women of childbearing age.

Patient Education

CARRII Education: This is a static website containing educational information on the following topics: What is Alcohol Exposed Pregnancy (AEP)?, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Impact of AEP, Prevalence of AEP, Causes and Prevention of AEP, Treatment for AEP, and Links to related information.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

CARRII Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CARRII Education provides information on women's health related to drinking and contraception in a static website format.

Interventions

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CARRII

CARRII is an interactive, personalized and tailored Internet intervention designed to reduce the risk of AEP among drinking women of childbearing age.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CARRII Education

CARRII Education provides information on women's health related to drinking and contraception in a static website format.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Patient Ed

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women ages 18-44 who are fertile

* can provide informed consent
* are at risk for unintended pregnancy due to ineffective, inconsistent, or absent contraception in the past 3 months
* speak and read English
* have more than 1 episode of drinking 4 or more standard drinks/day during the past 3 months
* have regular access to a computer, the Internet, and telephone
* reside in the US.

Exclusion Criteria

* • Currently pregnant or planning pregnancy in the next 6 months

* cognitive disorders including mental retardation and dementia that could impair ability to understand the intervention material or give informed consent, or psychotic disorder due to the same issues
* live outside the US
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

44 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Virginia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Karen Ingersoll

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and NB Sciences

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Karen S Ingersoll, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Virginia

Locations

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Behavioral Health and Technology Lab

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://bht.virginia.edu/

Behavioral Health and Technology Lab at University of Virginia

Other Identifiers

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R34AA020853

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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17319

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id