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NCT Number: NCT05864235

Texting to Reduce Alcohol Misuse Pilot Trial

The primary aims of this project are to determine the feasibility and acceptability of recruiting and retaining young adult binge drinkers online and using text messaging to provide weekly Goal Support (GS) or weekly GS + Coaching for Context-specific Peer Support (CCPS) on alcohol consumption. The secondary aims will determine effect sizes for GS and GS+CCPS groups relative to controls on alcohol consumption at 6- and 12-weeks to inform design of an adequately-powered trial.

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Key information

Conditions

Alcohol Consumption Alcohol Drinking Alcohol-Related Disorders Behavior Binge Drinking Chemically-Induced Disorders Drinking Behavior Mental Disorders Substance-Related Disorders

Age range

18 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, 94301, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • English reader
  • Owns a mobile phone with SMS
  • Hazardous alcohol consumption as measured by: "How many times in the past year have you had X or more drinks in a day?", where X is 5 for men and 4 for women, and a response of 1 or greater is considered at-risk
  • At least in contemplative stage of change for reducing alcohol consumption

Exclusion criteria

  • Currently enrolled or past enrollment in a 4-year college
  • Pregnant or pregnancy plans in the next 3-months
  • Current or planned treatment for alcohol or substance use disorder in next 3-months

Treatment and study plan

Control

Behavioral

Each week for 6-weeks, control group participants will receive the following weekly text message assessments (without receiving any feedback or support): (1) Thursdays (3pm): weekend plans to drink and desire to get drunk; (2) Sundays (12pm): most drinks consumed on any weekend day and peer pressure to drink.

Goal Support (GS)

Behavioral

Each week for 6-weeks, GS group participants will receive prompts and tailored feedback and support focused on weekly drinking limit goal commitment & confidence assessments and subsequently receive tailored feedback on goal success to either bolster future goal striving or reframe goal failure.

Coaching for Context-specific Peer Support (CCPS)

Behavioral

Each week for 6-weeks, CCPS group participants will receive weekly motivation and strategies to enlist peer support during drinking episodes.

Primary outcomes

  1. The % of people screened to participants enrolled

    Time frame: 2 months

    Online recruitment efficiency

  2. The % of participants who complete both 6- and 12-week web-based assessments

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Follow-up completion

  3. The % of SMS queries with valid responses

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    Response rates to SMS queries

  4. The % of participants who at least agree that the SMS program helped them reduce their drinking

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    A single question with response options: completely disagree to completely agree

Secondary outcomes

  1. # Binge drinking days

    Time frame: 6-weeks

    Count of binge drinking days using TLFB 30-day calendar

  2. Binge drinking days

    Time frame: 12-weeks

    Count of binge drinking days using TLFB 30-day calendar

  3. Drinks per drinking day

    Time frame: 6-weeks

    Mean drinks per drinking day using TLFB 30-day calendar

  4. Drinks per drinking day

    Time frame: 12-weeks

    Mean drinks per drinking day using TLFB 30-day calendar

  5. # Alcohol negative consequences

    Time frame: 6-weeks

    B-YAACQ: 24 yes/no questions

  6. Alcohol negative consequences

    Time frame: 12-weeks

    B-YAACQ: 24 yes/no questions

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stanford University

Other

Registry information

Acronym: TRAM

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
May 18, 2023
Registry last updated
Nov 22, 2024

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