Impacts of Alcohol Warning Labels: An Online Experiment

NCT ID: NCT06442800

Last Updated: 2025-08-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1123 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-09-25

Study Completion Date

2024-10-14

Brief Summary

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The goal of this experiment is to examine responses to alcohol warning messages about 10 different topics among US adult alcohol consumers. The main questions this experiment aims to answer are:

Which warning topics make alcohol consumers in the US want to drink less alcohol? Which warning topics remind alcohol consumers in the US of alcohol's harms? Which warning topics help alcohol consumers in the US learn something new? There will be a total of 20 alcohol messages, 2 messages for each of the 10 topics. For each topic, participants will be randomly assigned to 1 of the 2 messages so that they view a total of 10 alcohol messages. All 10 messages will be shown in random order. Participants will rate each message on how much it makes them want to drink less alcohol, reminds them that drinking can be harmful, and teaches them something new.

Detailed Description

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This study aims to determine which topics in alcohol warning labels are most effective at making US adults who consume alcohol want to drink less alcohol, which topics best remind consumers of alcohol's harms, and which topics are most likely to teach consumers something new. The survey research company NORC at the University of Chicago will recruit a sample of 1,000 US adults ages 21+ who consumed alcohol at least one time per week during the past 4 weeks.

Participants will complete a within-subjects online randomized experiment in which they view and rate messages shown on alcohol containers. Participants will rate each message on perceived message effectiveness (primary outcome), reminding of alcohol's harms (secondary outcome), and learning something new (secondary outcome). These tasks will be repeated for 10 messages, each with a different topic. There will be 9 warning topics (i.e., topics about alcohol's harms) and 1 control topic (i.e., neutral topic not about alcohol's harms). In this within-subjects experiment, the survey will present the topics in random order and participants will view 1 of 2 messages for each topic.

Conditions

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Alcohol Drinking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Alcohol Messages

Participants will view and rate 10 messages shown on alcohol containers.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Liver Cancer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view messages about the risk of liver cancer from alcohol consumption.

Throat and Mouth Cancer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view messages about the risk of throat and mouth cancer from alcohol consumption.

Colorectal Cancer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view messages about the risk of colorectal cancer from alcohol consumption.

Multiple Cancers

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view messages about the risk of multiple cancers from alcohol consumption.

Liver Disease

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view messages about the risk of liver disease from alcohol consumption.

Hypertension

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view messages about the risk of hypertension from alcohol consumption.

Dementia

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view messages about the risk of dementia from alcohol consumption.

Drinking Guidelines

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view messages about guidelines for alcohol consumption.

Current Warning

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view the current warning that is required on most alcoholic beverage containers sold in the US.

Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will view neutral messages unrelated to the harms of alcohol consumption.

Interventions

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Liver Cancer

Participants will view messages about the risk of liver cancer from alcohol consumption.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Throat and Mouth Cancer

Participants will view messages about the risk of throat and mouth cancer from alcohol consumption.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Colorectal Cancer

Participants will view messages about the risk of colorectal cancer from alcohol consumption.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Multiple Cancers

Participants will view messages about the risk of multiple cancers from alcohol consumption.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Liver Disease

Participants will view messages about the risk of liver disease from alcohol consumption.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Hypertension

Participants will view messages about the risk of hypertension from alcohol consumption.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Dementia

Participants will view messages about the risk of dementia from alcohol consumption.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Drinking Guidelines

Participants will view messages about guidelines for alcohol consumption.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Current Warning

Participants will view the current warning that is required on most alcoholic beverage containers sold in the US.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

Participants will view neutral messages unrelated to the harms of alcohol consumption.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 21 and older
* Reside in the United States
* Able to complete a survey in English
* Consumed alcohol at least once per week during the past 4 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

* Under the age of 21
* Reside outside of the United States
* Unable to complete a survey in English
* Consumed alcohol less than once per week during the past 4 weeks
Minimum Eligible Age

21 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 North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marissa Hall, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Anna Grummon, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Locations

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University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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1R01AA030548-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

23-1218a

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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