NCT03928626

Brief ROC Training Effects on Alcohol Drinking

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of the proposed study is to examine whether a single session of training in regulation of craving (ROC-T) affects alcohol drinking. The study will consist of (1) a basic screening (phone and/or online) and an in-person visit, to determine eligibility and conduct pre-intervention baseline assessments; (2) a training (ROC-T) visit, (3) a post-intervention assessment visit, and (4) 1-2 phone/online follow-up assessments. The study will take up to 10 hours of the participants' time.

Detailed description

The investigators propose to test the efficacy of such training by randomizing 120 individuals who report alcohol drinking to the following conditions: (1) a brief training in cognitive regulation and (2) a control or no-training condition. Training will be delivered in a computerized session (approximately 60 minutes). If randomized into the cognitive regulation training, subjects will be trained to use a cognitive strategy while viewing images of alcoholic drinks. The strategy would be to follow instructions to think about the adverse outcomes associated with continued alcohol drinking. If randomized into the control condition, participants will only view non-alcohol-related images with no use of strategy. After all the training sessions are completed, participants will complete several follow-ups. The investigators will evaluate the effects of training on alcohol drinking pre- and post-training.

Conditions

• Binge Drinking
• Heavy Drinking
• Young Adult
• Heavy Drinker
• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcohol Drinking in College
• Drinking Behavior
• Drunkenness
• Drinking Excessive
• Drinking Problem
• Drink Too Much
• College Drinking

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Regulation of craving	Participants in the ROC-T condition will be trained to use a strategy that instructs them to think of the negative outcomes associated with alcohol drinking while looking at alcohol-related images.
BEHAVIORAL	Control (NO REGULATION)	In the CONTROL condition, participants would simply observe non-alcohol-related images and allow natural responses to come

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-10
• Primary completion: 2020-03-15
• Completion: 2020-03-15
• First posted: 2019-04-26
• Last updated: 2024-02-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States