Back to resultsA Text Message Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults (TRAC)
Primary Purpose
Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Intoxication
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
SMS Assessments & Feedback
SMS Assessments
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Alcohol Consumption focused on measuring young adults, alcohol consumption, mobile health, text message
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- AUDIT-C score 3 or more for women and 4 or more for men
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current treatment for psychiatric disease
- Any prior treatment for drug or alcohol use disorder
Sites / Locations
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Mercy Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm Type
No Intervention
Active Comparator
Experimental
Arm Label
Control
SMS Assessments
SMS Assessments & Feedback
Arm Description
No SMS dialog
Weekly post-weekend drinking outcome assessments
Weekly pre-weekend drinking intention & post-weekend drinking outcome assessments with personalized feedback and harm-reduction support
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Timeline Follow-back Procedure
Secondary Outcome Measures
Injury Behavior Checklist
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT01688245
First Posted
September 14, 2012
Last Updated
May 26, 2015
Sponsor
University of Pittsburgh
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01688245
Brief Title
A Text Message Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults
Acronym
TRAC
Official Title
A Text Message Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
May 2015
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
November 2012 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
November 2014 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
May 2015 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
University of Pittsburgh
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
Yes
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
Investigators aim to test the effectiveness of a text-message-based behaivoral intervention in reducing binge drinking among young adults.
Detailed Description
Alcohol consumption, especially in the form of heavy episodic drinking (bingeing), is common among young adults. Despite high rates of illness and injury associated with heavy episodic drinking, many young adults are not aware of the risks, few seek help for their drinking and many at-risk are not exposed to prevention-based intervention. Opportunistic screening in hospital Emergency Departments (EDs) tied to behavioral interventions has the potential to prevent future alcohol-related harm among young adults, but efficacy across outcomes has been mixed and large-scale implementation of prevention programs is low. Given the rapidly growing use of cell phone text-messaging (SMS) as a primary form of communication among young adults, SMS could be used to deliver health prevention interventions. We will recruit young adults identified in the ED with hazardous drinking behavior in a 3-arm randomized controlled trial to test the hypothesis that exposure to a 12-week SMS program will result in immediate (3-month) and lasting (6-, and 9-month) decreases in alcohol consumption.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Intoxication
Keywords
young adults, alcohol consumption, mobile health, text message
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
InvestigatorOutcomes Assessor
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
765 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Control
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
No SMS dialog
Arm Title
SMS Assessments
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Weekly post-weekend drinking outcome assessments
Arm Title
SMS Assessments & Feedback
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Weekly pre-weekend drinking intention & post-weekend drinking outcome assessments with personalized feedback and harm-reduction support
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
SMS Assessments & Feedback
Intervention Description
Weekly pre-weekend drinking plan and post-weekend drinking outcome assessments with personlaized feedback
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
SMS Assessments
Intervention Description
Weekly post-weekend drinking outcome assessments
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Timeline Follow-back Procedure
Time Frame
30 Days
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Injury Behavior Checklist
Time Frame
3 months
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
25 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
AUDIT-C score 3 or more for women and 4 or more for men
Exclusion Criteria:
Current treatment for psychiatric disease
Any prior treatment for drug or alcohol use disorder
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Brian P Suffoletto, MD MS
Organizational Affiliation
University of Pittsburgh
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Mercy Hospital
City
Pittsburgh
State/Province
Pennsylvania
ZIP/Postal Code
15221
Country
United States
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Citations:
PubMed Identifier
26580802
Citation
Suffoletto B, Kristan J, Chung T, Jeong K, Fabio A, Monti P, Clark DB. An Interactive Text Message Intervention to Reduce Binge Drinking in Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial with 9-Month Outcomes. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 18;10(11):e0142877. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142877. eCollection 2015.
Results Reference
derived
PubMed Identifier
23552023
Citation
Suffoletto B, Callaway CW, Kristan J, Monti P, Clark DB. Mobile phone text message intervention to reduce binge drinking among young adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2013 Apr 3;14:93. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-93.
Results Reference
derived
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A Text Message Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults
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