Alcohol Screening and Preoperative Intervention Research Study - 2

NCT ID: NCT05783635

Last Updated: 2026-01-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

440 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-04-17

Study Completion Date

2027-02-28

Brief Summary

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This sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial will test treatments designed to reduce alcohol use before and after surgery to promote surgical health and long-term wellness.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Alcohol Drinking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

The proposed study will achieve this using a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) design.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Enhanced Usual Care then Usual Surgical Care

Randomized two times (2 possible randomization groups each time). Responder to Enhanced Usual Care

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enhanced Usual Care (pre-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The enhanced usual care will receive standard surgical care, and a resource brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources. The resource brochure will be e-mailed to patients or sent via postal mail.

Usual surgical care (post-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This group will receive standard post-operative care.

Enhanced Usual Care then Post-operative Health Coaching

Randomized two times (2 possible randomization groups each time). Responder to Enhanced Usual Care

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enhanced Usual Care (pre-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The enhanced usual care will receive standard surgical care, and a resource brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources. The resource brochure will be e-mailed to patients or sent via postal mail.

Postoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Postoperative Virtual Coaching uses the same framework and structure as Preoperative Virtual Coaching. These sessions will be delivered by a health coach using a collaborative, and motivational interviewing-based approach. The goal of these sessions is to promote well-being and help participants maintain alcohol abstinence or reduction long-term (or initiate change in alcohol use if they have not already). These sessions promote low-risk alcohol use, provide education on chronic health effects of heavy alcohol use, and teach skills for coping with or avoiding triggers for alcohol use including coping with stress and mood challenges. These sessions introduce skills to help participants manage alcohol, stress, and mood as they recover from surgery.

Enhanced Usual Care then On-Track

Randomized two times (2 possible randomization groups each time). Non-responder to Enhanced Usual Care

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enhanced Usual Care (pre-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The enhanced usual care will receive standard surgical care, and a resource brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources. The resource brochure will be e-mailed to patients or sent via postal mail.

On-Track (Post-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

On-Track is a mobile and web-accessible health tool that uses self-monitoring and provision of feedback on progress towards goals to engage participants in self-management of alcohol use and motivate behavior change through increased self-awareness and accountability for health.

The On-Track application includes a) daily tracking of alcohol and other substance use; b) daily tracking of stress, mood, and pain; c) personalized health goals; and d) visual displays of alcohol use, stress, mood, pain, and goal achievement including graphs of trends over time.

On-Track also uses novel monetary and non-monetary incentives to encourage utilization including an escalating monetary incentive schedule for self-monitoring.

Enhanced Usual Care then Combine (Postoperative Health Coaching + On-track)

Randomized two times (2 possible randomization groups each time). Non-responder to Enhanced Usual Care

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enhanced Usual Care (pre-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The enhanced usual care will receive standard surgical care, and a resource brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources. The resource brochure will be e-mailed to patients or sent via postal mail.

Postoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Postoperative Virtual Coaching uses the same framework and structure as Preoperative Virtual Coaching. These sessions will be delivered by a health coach using a collaborative, and motivational interviewing-based approach. The goal of these sessions is to promote well-being and help participants maintain alcohol abstinence or reduction long-term (or initiate change in alcohol use if they have not already). These sessions promote low-risk alcohol use, provide education on chronic health effects of heavy alcohol use, and teach skills for coping with or avoiding triggers for alcohol use including coping with stress and mood challenges. These sessions introduce skills to help participants manage alcohol, stress, and mood as they recover from surgery.

On-Track (Post-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

On-Track is a mobile and web-accessible health tool that uses self-monitoring and provision of feedback on progress towards goals to engage participants in self-management of alcohol use and motivate behavior change through increased self-awareness and accountability for health.

The On-Track application includes a) daily tracking of alcohol and other substance use; b) daily tracking of stress, mood, and pain; c) personalized health goals; and d) visual displays of alcohol use, stress, mood, pain, and goal achievement including graphs of trends over time.

On-Track also uses novel monetary and non-monetary incentives to encourage utilization including an escalating monetary incentive schedule for self-monitoring.

Enhanced Usual Care alone

Only completed first randomization. Study withdrawal prior to re-randomization

Group Type OTHER

Enhanced Usual Care (pre-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The enhanced usual care will receive standard surgical care, and a resource brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources. The resource brochure will be e-mailed to patients or sent via postal mail.

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching then Usual Surgical Care

Randomized two times (2 possible randomization groups each time). Responder to Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Preoperative Virtual Coaching is based on principles of health coaching, collaborative care, and motivational interviewing. Health and educational content is framed using the Health Belief Model. During two sessions, that take place approximately 3 and 5 weeks prior to surgery, the health coach presents alcohol use reduction/abstinence as important for surgical health (rather than addiction or chronic health reasons) and engages participants in discussion and patient-centered goal-setting.

Participants will also receive a brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources.

Usual surgical care (post-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This group will receive standard post-operative care.

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching then Postoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Randomized two times (2 possible randomization groups each time). Responder to Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Preoperative Virtual Coaching is based on principles of health coaching, collaborative care, and motivational interviewing. Health and educational content is framed using the Health Belief Model. During two sessions, that take place approximately 3 and 5 weeks prior to surgery, the health coach presents alcohol use reduction/abstinence as important for surgical health (rather than addiction or chronic health reasons) and engages participants in discussion and patient-centered goal-setting.

Participants will also receive a brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources.

Postoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Postoperative Virtual Coaching uses the same framework and structure as Preoperative Virtual Coaching. These sessions will be delivered by a health coach using a collaborative, and motivational interviewing-based approach. The goal of these sessions is to promote well-being and help participants maintain alcohol abstinence or reduction long-term (or initiate change in alcohol use if they have not already). These sessions promote low-risk alcohol use, provide education on chronic health effects of heavy alcohol use, and teach skills for coping with or avoiding triggers for alcohol use including coping with stress and mood challenges. These sessions introduce skills to help participants manage alcohol, stress, and mood as they recover from surgery.

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching then On-Track

Randomized two times (2 possible randomization groups each time). Non-responder to Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Preoperative Virtual Coaching is based on principles of health coaching, collaborative care, and motivational interviewing. Health and educational content is framed using the Health Belief Model. During two sessions, that take place approximately 3 and 5 weeks prior to surgery, the health coach presents alcohol use reduction/abstinence as important for surgical health (rather than addiction or chronic health reasons) and engages participants in discussion and patient-centered goal-setting.

Participants will also receive a brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources.

On-Track (Post-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

On-Track is a mobile and web-accessible health tool that uses self-monitoring and provision of feedback on progress towards goals to engage participants in self-management of alcohol use and motivate behavior change through increased self-awareness and accountability for health.

The On-Track application includes a) daily tracking of alcohol and other substance use; b) daily tracking of stress, mood, and pain; c) personalized health goals; and d) visual displays of alcohol use, stress, mood, pain, and goal achievement including graphs of trends over time.

On-Track also uses novel monetary and non-monetary incentives to encourage utilization including an escalating monetary incentive schedule for self-monitoring.

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching then Combine (Postoperative Virtual Health Coaching + On-track)

Randomized two times (2 possible randomization groups each time). Non-responder to Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Preoperative Virtual Coaching is based on principles of health coaching, collaborative care, and motivational interviewing. Health and educational content is framed using the Health Belief Model. During two sessions, that take place approximately 3 and 5 weeks prior to surgery, the health coach presents alcohol use reduction/abstinence as important for surgical health (rather than addiction or chronic health reasons) and engages participants in discussion and patient-centered goal-setting.

Participants will also receive a brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources.

Postoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Postoperative Virtual Coaching uses the same framework and structure as Preoperative Virtual Coaching. These sessions will be delivered by a health coach using a collaborative, and motivational interviewing-based approach. The goal of these sessions is to promote well-being and help participants maintain alcohol abstinence or reduction long-term (or initiate change in alcohol use if they have not already). These sessions promote low-risk alcohol use, provide education on chronic health effects of heavy alcohol use, and teach skills for coping with or avoiding triggers for alcohol use including coping with stress and mood challenges. These sessions introduce skills to help participants manage alcohol, stress, and mood as they recover from surgery.

On-Track (Post-operative)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

On-Track is a mobile and web-accessible health tool that uses self-monitoring and provision of feedback on progress towards goals to engage participants in self-management of alcohol use and motivate behavior change through increased self-awareness and accountability for health.

The On-Track application includes a) daily tracking of alcohol and other substance use; b) daily tracking of stress, mood, and pain; c) personalized health goals; and d) visual displays of alcohol use, stress, mood, pain, and goal achievement including graphs of trends over time.

On-Track also uses novel monetary and non-monetary incentives to encourage utilization including an escalating monetary incentive schedule for self-monitoring.

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching only

Only completed first randomization. Study withdrawal prior to re-randomization.

Group Type OTHER

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Preoperative Virtual Coaching is based on principles of health coaching, collaborative care, and motivational interviewing. Health and educational content is framed using the Health Belief Model. During two sessions, that take place approximately 3 and 5 weeks prior to surgery, the health coach presents alcohol use reduction/abstinence as important for surgical health (rather than addiction or chronic health reasons) and engages participants in discussion and patient-centered goal-setting.

Participants will also receive a brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources.

Interventions

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Enhanced Usual Care (pre-operative)

The enhanced usual care will receive standard surgical care, and a resource brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources. The resource brochure will be e-mailed to patients or sent via postal mail.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Preoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Preoperative Virtual Coaching is based on principles of health coaching, collaborative care, and motivational interviewing. Health and educational content is framed using the Health Belief Model. During two sessions, that take place approximately 3 and 5 weeks prior to surgery, the health coach presents alcohol use reduction/abstinence as important for surgical health (rather than addiction or chronic health reasons) and engages participants in discussion and patient-centered goal-setting.

Participants will also receive a brochure including basic information on health, alcohol use withdrawal risks, and treatment/emergency resources.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual surgical care (post-operative)

This group will receive standard post-operative care.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Postoperative Virtual Health Coaching

Postoperative Virtual Coaching uses the same framework and structure as Preoperative Virtual Coaching. These sessions will be delivered by a health coach using a collaborative, and motivational interviewing-based approach. The goal of these sessions is to promote well-being and help participants maintain alcohol abstinence or reduction long-term (or initiate change in alcohol use if they have not already). These sessions promote low-risk alcohol use, provide education on chronic health effects of heavy alcohol use, and teach skills for coping with or avoiding triggers for alcohol use including coping with stress and mood challenges. These sessions introduce skills to help participants manage alcohol, stress, and mood as they recover from surgery.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

On-Track (Post-operative)

On-Track is a mobile and web-accessible health tool that uses self-monitoring and provision of feedback on progress towards goals to engage participants in self-management of alcohol use and motivate behavior change through increased self-awareness and accountability for health.

The On-Track application includes a) daily tracking of alcohol and other substance use; b) daily tracking of stress, mood, and pain; c) personalized health goals; and d) visual displays of alcohol use, stress, mood, pain, and goal achievement including graphs of trends over time.

On-Track also uses novel monetary and non-monetary incentives to encourage utilization including an escalating monetary incentive schedule for self-monitoring.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Completed consent form, baseline survey, and enrollment phone call
2. Willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
3. Scheduled for select major elective surgery (non-cancer) in the next 5-12 weeks
4. Score ≥ 5 on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Concise (AUDIT-C) based on research linking this score with increased risk of surgical complications
5. Access to a smart device or computer access with internet or wi-fi connection throughout the study period

Exclusion Criteria

1. Exclude participants enrolled in another research study focused on alcohol use
2. History of severe alcohol withdrawal
3. Unable to speak, understand, or read English
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Anne Fernandez

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Anne Fernandez

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Michigan

Locations

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University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Anne Fernandez

Role: CONTACT

734-232-0313

Facility Contacts

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Anne Fernandez, PhD

Role: primary

734-232-0313

Other Identifiers

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R01AA029666

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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HUM00208317

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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