Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

NCT ID: NCT06215664

Last Updated: 2025-07-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1992 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-02-19

Study Completion Date

2028-06-30

Brief Summary

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This is a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of a game-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related harms among sexual and gender minority youth.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Alcohol Problem Harm Reduction Alcohol-Related Harm

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Two-armed parallel randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Singularities Game

Singularities is an online game.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Singularities Game

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Singularities is a theory-based, community-informed, web-accessible, roleplaying game-based intervention incorporating 4 primary components: fostering healthy identity development in a safe environment; encouraging help-seeking behaviors; encouraging use of productive coping; alcohol-harm reduction; and encouraging healthy internet and social media use.

Food4Thought

Food4Thought is an attention control condition in which we provide participants with similar amounts of research team contact and program contact as the intervention. Participants will play the game Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition, developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Participants are instructed to build healthy meals using cuisine from around the world while ensuring they stick to a budget and meet all their nutritional needs. Food4Thought will be delivered via Qualtrics.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Food4Thought

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Food4Thought is an attention control condition in which we provide participants with similar amounts of research team contact and program contact as the intervention. Participants will play the game Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition, developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Participants are instructed to build healthy meals using cuisine from around the world while ensuring they stick to a budget and meet all their nutritional needs. Food4Thought will be delivered via Qualtrics.

Interventions

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Singularities Game

Singularities is a theory-based, community-informed, web-accessible, roleplaying game-based intervention incorporating 4 primary components: fostering healthy identity development in a safe environment; encouraging help-seeking behaviors; encouraging use of productive coping; alcohol-harm reduction; and encouraging healthy internet and social media use.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Food4Thought

Food4Thought is an attention control condition in which we provide participants with similar amounts of research team contact and program contact as the intervention. Participants will play the game Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition, developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Participants are instructed to build healthy meals using cuisine from around the world while ensuring they stick to a budget and meet all their nutritional needs. Food4Thought will be delivered via Qualtrics.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Able to participate in English
* Live in the U.S.,
* 14-18 years old
* Have a sexual minority identity (i.e., gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer) or a gender minority identity (i.e., consider themselves to be transgender or nonbinary),
* Have an internet-accessible computer, smart phone, or tablet,
* Provide an email address.
* Have drank alcohol in their lifetime or intend to in the next year.

Exclusion Criteria

* Cisgender heterosexuals.
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Robert Coulter

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert WS Coulter, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pittsburgh

Locations

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University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Robert WS Coulter, PhD

Role: CONTACT

4126240647

James E Egan, PhD

Role: CONTACT

4126242255

Facility Contacts

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Robert WS Coulter, PhD

Role: primary

4126240647

James E Egan, PhD

Role: backup

4126242255

Other Identifiers

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R01AA030017

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

STUDY23030071

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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