Texting to Reduce Alcohol Misuse Pilot Trial
TRAM
1 other identifier
interventional
90
1 country
1
Brief Summary
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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started May 2023
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 28, 2023
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
May 4, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 18, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 1, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2024
CompletedNovember 22, 2024
November 1, 2024
8 months
April 28, 2023
November 20, 2024
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
The % of people screened to participants enrolled
Online recruitment efficiency
2 months
The % of participants who complete both 6- and 12-week web-based assessments
Follow-up completion
12 weeks
The % of SMS queries with valid responses
Response rates to SMS queries
6 weeks
The % of participants who at least agree that the SMS program helped them reduce their drinking
A single question with response options: completely disagree to completely agree
12 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (6)
# Binge drinking days
6-weeks
Binge drinking days
12-weeks
Drinks per drinking day
6-weeks
Drinks per drinking day
12-weeks
# Alcohol negative consequences
6-weeks
- +1 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (3)
Control
ACTIVE COMPARATOREach 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)
EXPERIMENTALEach week for 6-weeks, GS group participants will compete identical weekly text message assessments to the control group and receive further 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.
GS + Coaching for Context-specific Peer Support (CCPS)
EXPERIMENTALEach week for 6-weeks, CCPS group participants will compete identical weekly text message assessments and feedback to GS plus additionally will receive weekly motivation and strategies to enlist peer support during drinking episodes.
Interventions
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.
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.
Each week for 6-weeks, CCPS group participants will receive weekly motivation and strategies to enlist peer support during drinking episodes.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- 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
You may not qualify if:
- 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
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, 94301, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Brian Suffoletto
Stanford University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 28, 2023
First Posted
May 18, 2023
Study Start
May 4, 2023
Primary Completion
January 1, 2024
Study Completion
January 1, 2024
Last Updated
November 22, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-11