Resource Allocation for Alcohol

NCT ID: NCT06432361

Last Updated: 2024-05-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 150 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2026-08-31

Brief Summary

A total of 150 young adults (ages 21-29) will be randomized to receive a brief alcohol intervention (intended to reduce alcohol-related resource allocation (e.g., time and money spent on alcohol), alcohol consumption, and alcohol related consequences) or an assessment only control condition.

All participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation.

All participants will complete a 1 and 3 month follow up survey. Participants can earn up to $126 for completing all study components.

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Resource Allocation Intervention

Participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation (e.g., personalized information on how they spent their time and money) in relation to their personal goals, interests, and alcohol use. They will also see a summary of how they spent their time and money in relation to their set goals for the week. The information in the intervention feedback will be obtained from participant's responses to the daily surveys on how they spent their time and money each day. Reviewing the intervention feedback should take no longer than 10 minutes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Resource Allocation

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation (e.g., personalized information on how they spent their time and money) in relation to their personal goals, interests, and alcohol use. They will also see a summary of how they spent their time and money in relation to their set goals for the week The information in the intervention feedback will be obtained from participant's responses to the daily surveys on how they spent their time and money each day. Reviewing the intervention feedback should take no longer than 10 minutes.

Assessment only control

Participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

assessment only control

Intervention Type: OTHER

participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

Interventions

Resource Allocation

Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation (e.g., personalized information on how they spent their time and money) in relation to their personal goals, interests, and alcohol use. They will also see a summary of how they spent their time and money in relation to their set goals for the week The information in the intervention feedback will be obtained from participant's responses to the daily surveys on how they spent their time and money each day. Reviewing the intervention feedback should take no longer than 10 minutes.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

assessment only control

participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 1)21-29 years old, 2) reside within WA state, 3) report drinking 2+ days per week, on average, in the last six months, 4) report 4+ heavy drinking episodes (4+/5+ for women/men) in the past month,

Exclusion Criteria

• 1) currently enrolled in a 4-year college, 2) currently in or seeking treatment for alcohol use

• Minimum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 29 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Washington

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Jennifer Cadigan

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Jennifer Cadigan, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Washington

Central Contacts

Jennifer Cadigan, PhD

Role: CONTACT

cadiganj@uw.edu

206-543-5689

Other Identifiers

1R34AA029478-01A1

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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STUDY00018018

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id