Brief Binge Eating and Drinking Online Intervention

NCT06326099 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: R34AA030655
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This pilot project targets both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors and encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling.

Conditions

Binge Eating; Binge Drinking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Frequency of past 28-day binge drinking

  Number of binge drinking episodes in the past 28 days

  Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up

• Frequency of past 28-day binge eating

  Number of binge eating episodes in the past 28 days

  Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up

• Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ)

  21 alcohol-related consequences experienced in the past month. Sum positive responses to get a score from 0 to 24 (higher score indicates greater number of consequences)

  Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder Treatment History Inventory

  Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention is a 30 minute mobile phone program designed to address binge eating and drinking. The program addresses underlying loss of control, impulsivity, and emotion regulation common to both binge drinking and binge eating through videos, interactive activities, and psychoeducation.

Behavioral: Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention

Resources Only

NO INTERVENTION

Campus-specific resources for how to access the university's counseling office (i.e., student mental health services), information about the Eating Disorders program at the university, and information on accessing the university's alcohol and drug awareness offices.

Interventions

Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is an online mobile phone program developed by our research team. It builds upon efficacious brief alcohol interventions with college students by addressing underlying loss of control, impulsivity, and emotion regulation through the use of videos, interactive activities, and psychoeducation.

Also known as: Sip n' Savor

Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• full time undergraduate student at the study site
• between the ages of 18 and 24
• ability to speak and read English
• at least two occasions of binge drinking (5 or more drinks in a row for males, 4 (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control) in the past 28 days
• at least two occasions of binge eating (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control)151 in the past 28 days
• no receipt of mental health or substance use care in the past month.

You may not qualify if:

• not meeting eligibility criteria

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern California: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Bulimia; Binge Drinking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Hyperphagia; Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Alcohol Drinking; Drinking Behavior; Behavior; Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Eric Pedersen, Ph.D.

CONTACT

323-442-4046; Eric.Pedersen@med.usc.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 15, 2024
• First Posted: March 22, 2024
• Study Start: May 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2026
• Study Completion: April 30, 2026
• Last Updated: March 10, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: Within one year of the main effects paper being submitted for publication
• Access Criteria: Individual researchers can contact the PIs for data and through filling out a data request and use form that we will create for the purposes of data sharing.