Testing the Efficacy of a Brief Alcohol Intervention Among College Students
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Efficacy of a Brief Alcohol Intervention Among College Students
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Brief Summary
Individuals will be recruited to participate in a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a prevention program aimed at reducing alcohol use among college students. If randomized to the intervention, participants will view personalized content based on their alcohol use and chosen identity and learn about various topics related to alcohol use, including ways to reduce their use. Control participants will be directed to a website where information regarding mental health and substance use may be found. Baseline mental health, alcohol use, and related constructs will be assessed. Participants will complete a 3-month follow-up survey to assess the efficacy of the tool in symptom reduction.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Aug 2023
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
August 23, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 21, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 21, 2024
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 8, 2025
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 15, 2025
CompletedJanuary 15, 2025
January 1, 2025
5 months
January 8, 2025
January 13, 2025
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Changes in Alcohol use
Number of drinks will be assessed using the daily drinking questionnaire. Higher scores indicate higher alcohol use.
Baseline and 3-months
Study Arms (2)
Online Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention Targeting Alcohol Misuse
EXPERIMENTALThis is an integrated social norms-based personalized feedback intervention for college students targeting alcohol misuse. It is tailored by the identities chosen by participants including gender, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation. The intervention is a modified version of an existing evidence-based program, the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) (Dimeff, et. al, 1999).
Mental Health and Substance Use Resources
PLACEBO COMPARATORParticipants were directed to a website where information regarding mental health and substance use may be found.
Interventions
This is an integrated social norms-based personalized feedback intervention for college students targeting alcohol misuse. It is tailored by the identities chosen by participants including gender, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation. The intervention is a modified version of an existing evidence-based program, the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) (Dimeff, et. al, 1999).
Participants were directed to a website where information regarding mental health and substance use may be found.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years old
- Current student at university of study
- Valid email address at university of study
- Identifies as Black, White and LGBTQA+, Latine/a/o or Hispanic,
- Endorse engaging in heavy episodic drinking at least once in the past month on the screening survey
You may not qualify if:
- Individuals who identify their sex at birth as intersex or who identify as both heterosexual and gender diverse (Transgender, Genderqueer, Gender non-conforming, Non-binary, Androgynous, and Two-spirit) will be excluded due to the lack of normative data about these groups.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Georiga State University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
Related Publications (1)
Gilmore AK, Leone RM, Reuben K, Garner JB, Flowers N, Chipman T, Patton EE, Capobianco J, Zong ZY, Stappenbeck CA, Ellis JR, Fortson K, Mullican KN, Larimer M. Pilot randomized controlled trial of a tailored personalized normative feedback intervention for college student alcohol use. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Oct 1;275:112824. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112824. Epub 2025 Aug 8.
PMID: 40834655DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Masking Details
- Participants will be masked to intervention conditions.
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor and PhD Director, Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences Director, National Center for Sexual Violence Prevention
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 8, 2025
First Posted
January 15, 2025
Study Start
August 23, 2023
Primary Completion
January 21, 2024
Study Completion
January 21, 2024
Last Updated
January 15, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-01