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NCT Number: NCT06617702

Accountability Support Through Peer-Inspired Relationships and Engagement (ASPIRE) Trial

This project aims to test the efficacy of a text message intervention, ASPIRE, designed to address cognitive and behavioral elements and modify exposure to peers that influence drinking behaviors. Young adults who are contemplating reducing their drinking will be recruited from a national sample and randomized to ASPIRE versus a text message intervention focused solely on cognitive and behavioral elements. We will measure effectiveness at 3, 6, and 12 months, study mechanisms driving behavior change, and identify which subgroups stand to benefit most.

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Key information

Conditions

Alcohol Consumption Alcohol Drinking Behavior Drinking Behavior

Age range

18 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, 94306, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-25 years (verified using date of birth)
  • Lives in the U.S. (based on zip code)
  • English reader (verified based on completing screen)
  • 2+ days with ≧4 standard alcohol drinks for women or ≧5 standard alcohol drinks for men in past month
  • Owns a mobile phone with SMS (verified by texting enrollment procedure)

Exclusion criteria

  • Currently enrolled or past enrollment in a 4-year college
  • Active military
  • Pregnant or pregnancy plans in the next 12-months
  • Prisoner status
  • Current or planned treatment for alcohol or substance use disorder in next 12-months

Treatment and study plan

A text message alcohol intervention focused on cognitive, behavioral, and peer influences

Behavioral

Each Thursday and Sunday ASPIRE will conduct brief text message communication aimed at modifying cognitive (e.g.desire to get drunk), behavioral (e.g.alcohol consumption), and peer influences (e.g.peer pressure and support).

A text message alcohol intervention focused on cognitive and behavioral influences

Behavioral

Each Thursday and Sunday ASPIRE will conduct brief text message communication aimed at modifying cognitive (e.g. desire to get drunk) and behavioral (e.g. alcohol consumption) influences.

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Binge Drinking Days (BDD)

    Time frame: 3, 6, and 12 months

    We define BDD as a day when a woman reports 4 or more standard drinks or a man reports 5 or more standard drinks, as this equates to the alcohol consumption that raises blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 g/dl or above.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Negative Alcohol Consequences (NAC) Scale Score

    Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months

    We calculate the number of NAC using the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ). The B-YAACQ is a 24-item measure of alcohol-related problems that utilizes a dichotomous (present or absent) scoring format. Higher scores indicate both wider variety and more severe pattern of alcohol-related problems.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stanford University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Registry information

Official study title

ASPIRE to Change: Leveraging Text Messaging Peer Support Coaching to Mitigate Hazardous Alcohol Consumption in Non-Collegiate Young Adults

Acronym: ASPIRE

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Sep 27, 2024
Registry last updated
Jun 23, 2026

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