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NCT Number: NCT06978140

Decisions During Drinking

Decisions during drinking (D3) is randomized clinical feasibility trial assessing whether health-related materials created for young adults who want to have more positive experiences if they decide to drink alcohol are acceptable and usable. Enrolled participants will be randomized to receive the health-related messages in 5-7 online modules over the 20-30 days or to only receive assessments. Those randomized to receive the intervention will also receive text-messages with health message content during the 20-30 days. After completing the intervention, participants will report on the usability and acceptability of the material, which is the main outcome. For secondary outcomes, participants in both the intervention and control will report on their drinking and drinking-related consequences in the post-intervention questionnaire (or 30 days after initial questionnaire for control participants) and 1 month later.

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Key information

Conditions

Alcohol

Age range

18 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behavior, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 18-24
  • At least 1 occurrence of heavy drinking in the past month
  • At least 2 alcohol related consequences in the past month
  • Live in Washington State
  • Agree to be randomized to receive intervention to assessment only control
  • Ability to receive SMS text-messages
  • Complete Identification verification

Exclusion criteria

  • Not meeting inclusion criteria
  • Not being able to verify identification

Treatment and study plan

Personalized Feedback

Behavioral

Material includes feedback on alcohol-related consequences with elements from Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Relapse Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Behavioral Activation. Focus of the intervention is learning about personal environmental cues.

Other names: Decisions During Drinking

Primary outcomes

  1. Usability of intervention

    Time frame: From invitation to the first intervention module to end of modules being available 37 days later

    Usability of the intervention is assessed in the intervention group only using a 10-item scale with response options that range from 1 "strongly disagree" to 5 "strongly agree"

  2. Acceptability of the intervention

    Time frame: From invitation to the first intervention module to end of modules being available 37 days later

    Acceptability of the intervention is assessed only in the intervention group using a questionnaire of 11 items each of which is participants will provide as response between 1 "Strongly Disagree" to 7 "Strongly Agree".

  3. Feasibility of intervention

    Time frame: From invitation to the first intervention module to the end of the study 2 months later

    Feasibility will be assessed by the percentage of participants randomized to the intervention that complete the intervention and the 1 month follow-up assessment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Alcohol consumption

    Time frame: From completion of baseline survey to 1 month follow-up approximately 67 days later

    Alcohol consumption will be assessed using the Daily drinking questionnaire, which assesses the number of drinks consumed each day in a typical week in the past month

  2. Alcohol related consequences

    Time frame: From completion of baseline survey to 1 month follow-up approximately 67 days later

    Past month alcohol related consequences will be assessed with 49 questions from several scales including the Rutgers Alcohol Problems Index, Young Adult Alcohol Problems Scale, and the Alcohol-Related Sexual Consequences. All questions except the Alcohol-Related Sexual Consequences are answered on a scale of 0 "Never" to 4 "More than 10 times". Alcohol-Related Sexual Consequences responses are 0 "No" and 1 "Yes" to indicate any occurrence in the past month.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Washington

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Registry information

Official study title

Decisions During Drinking: Phase 3 Feasibility Study

Acronym: D3

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
May 18, 2025
Registry last updated
Jul 16, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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