TRAM: Texting to Reduce Alcohol Misuse Pilot Trial
Study Details
Study Description
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.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Active Comparator: Control 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. |
Behavioral: Control
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.
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| Experimental: Goal Support (GS) Each 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. |
Behavioral: Control
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.
Behavioral: Goal Support (GS)
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.
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| Experimental: GS + Coaching for Context-specific Peer Support (CCPS) Each 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. |
Behavioral: Control
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.
Behavioral: Goal Support (GS)
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.
Behavioral: Coaching for Context-specific Peer Support (CCPS)
Each week for 6-weeks, CCPS group participants will receive weekly motivation and strategies to enlist peer support during drinking episodes.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- The % of people screened to participants enrolled [2 months]
Online recruitment efficiency
- The % of participants who complete both 6- and 12-week web-based assessments [12 weeks]
Follow-up completion
- The % of SMS queries with valid responses [6 weeks]
Response rates to SMS queries
- The % of participants who at least agree that the SMS program helped them reduce their drinking [12 weeks]
A single question with response options: completely disagree to completely agree
Secondary Outcome Measures
- # Binge drinking days [6-weeks]
Count of binge drinking days using TLFB 30-day calendar
- Binge drinking days [12-weeks]
Count of binge drinking days using TLFB 30-day calendar
- Drinks per drinking day [6-weeks]
Mean drinks per drinking day using TLFB 30-day calendar
- Drinks per drinking day [12-weeks]
Mean drinks per drinking day using TLFB 30-day calendar
- # Alcohol negative consequences [6-weeks]
B-YAACQ: 24 yes/no questions
- Alcohol negative consequences [12-weeks]
B-YAACQ: 24 yes/no questions
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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English reader
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Owns a mobile phone with SMS
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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
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At least in contemplative stage of change for reducing alcohol consumption
Exclusion Criteria:
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Currently enrolled or past enrollment in a 4-year college
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Pregnant or pregnancy plans in the next 3-months
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Current or planned treatment for alcohol or substance use disorder in next 3-months
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Stanford University | Palo Alto | California | United States | 94301 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Stanford University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Brian Suffoletto, Stanford University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 67584