Texting to Reduce Alcohol Misuse Pilot Trial

NCT ID: NCT05864235

Last Updated: 2024-11-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-05-04

Study Completion Date

2024-01-01

Brief Summary

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The primary aims of this project are to determine the feasibility and acceptability of recruiting and retaining young adult binge drinkers online and using text messaging to provide weekly Goal Support (GS) or weekly GS + Coaching for Context-specific Peer Support (CCPS) on alcohol consumption. The secondary aims will determine effect sizes for GS and GS+CCPS groups relative to controls on alcohol consumption at 6- and 12-weeks to inform design of an adequately-powered trial.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Alcohol Consumption

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control

Each week for 6-weeks, control group participants will receive the following weekly text message assessments (without receiving any feedback or support): (1) Thursdays (3pm): weekend plans to drink and desire to get drunk; (2) Sundays (12pm): most drinks consumed on any weekend day and peer pressure to drink.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each week for 6-weeks, control group participants will receive the following weekly text message assessments (without receiving any feedback or support): (1) Thursdays (3pm): weekend plans to drink and desire to get drunk; (2) Sundays (12pm): most drinks consumed on any weekend day and peer pressure to drink.

Goal Support (GS)

Each week for 6-weeks, GS group participants will compete identical weekly text message assessments to the control group and receive further prompts and tailored feedback and support focused on weekly drinking limit goal commitment \& confidence assessments and subsequently receive tailored feedback on goal success to either bolster future goal striving or reframe goal failure.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each week for 6-weeks, control group participants will receive the following weekly text message assessments (without receiving any feedback or support): (1) Thursdays (3pm): weekend plans to drink and desire to get drunk; (2) Sundays (12pm): most drinks consumed on any weekend day and peer pressure to drink.

Goal Support (GS)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each week for 6-weeks, GS group participants will receive prompts and tailored feedback and support focused on weekly drinking limit goal commitment \& confidence assessments and subsequently receive tailored feedback on goal success to either bolster future goal striving or reframe goal failure.

GS + Coaching for Context-specific Peer Support (CCPS)

Each week for 6-weeks, CCPS group participants will compete identical weekly text message assessments and feedback to GS plus additionally will receive weekly motivation and strategies to enlist peer support during drinking episodes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each week for 6-weeks, control group participants will receive the following weekly text message assessments (without receiving any feedback or support): (1) Thursdays (3pm): weekend plans to drink and desire to get drunk; (2) Sundays (12pm): most drinks consumed on any weekend day and peer pressure to drink.

Goal Support (GS)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each week for 6-weeks, GS group participants will receive prompts and tailored feedback and support focused on weekly drinking limit goal commitment \& confidence assessments and subsequently receive tailored feedback on goal success to either bolster future goal striving or reframe goal failure.

Coaching for Context-specific Peer Support (CCPS)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each week for 6-weeks, CCPS group participants will receive weekly motivation and strategies to enlist peer support during drinking episodes.

Interventions

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Control

Each week for 6-weeks, control group participants will receive the following weekly text message assessments (without receiving any feedback or support): (1) Thursdays (3pm): weekend plans to drink and desire to get drunk; (2) Sundays (12pm): most drinks consumed on any weekend day and peer pressure to drink.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Goal Support (GS)

Each week for 6-weeks, GS group participants will receive prompts and tailored feedback and support focused on weekly drinking limit goal commitment \& confidence assessments and subsequently receive tailored feedback on goal success to either bolster future goal striving or reframe goal failure.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Coaching for Context-specific Peer Support (CCPS)

Each week for 6-weeks, CCPS group participants will receive weekly motivation and strategies to enlist peer support during drinking episodes.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* English reader
* Owns a mobile phone with SMS
* Hazardous alcohol consumption as measured by: "How many times in the past year have you had X or more drinks in a day?", where X is 5 for men and 4 for women, and a response of 1 or greater is considered at-risk
* At least in contemplative stage of change for reducing alcohol consumption

Exclusion Criteria

* Currently enrolled or past enrollment in a 4-year college
* Pregnant or pregnancy plans in the next 3-months
* Current or planned treatment for alcohol or substance use disorder in next 3-months
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Brian Suffoletto

Associate Professor of Medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Brian Suffoletto

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Locations

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Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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67584

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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