NCT06124898

Multi-Component Breath Alcohol Intervention

Development and Initial Testing of a Multi-Component Breath Alcohol- Focused Intervention for Young Adults

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 115 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Northeastern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is the first stage of a three-stage, NIH-funded study to develop and test initially a multi-modal intervention concerning blood/breath alcohol concentration for young adults. The multimodal intervention will be made up of brief telehealth counseling and psychoeducation and use of three mobile technologies to facilitate moderate drinking. In the first stage of the study, we will conduct formative research to obtain input from the study population, test initially the telehealth version of the brief counseling and psychoeducation and to develop a simple, "low tech" approach to coaching participants to use the three mobile technologies in typical drinking situations. Participation will last approximately one month.

Conditions

• Alcohol Use
• Alcohol Drinking
• Drinking Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Alcohol-related mobile health technologies	Participants will be asked to use the three mobile technologies as they choose while drinking for a two-week period.
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational interview and psychoeducation on blood/breath alcohol concentration	Brief 25/30-minute motivational interview and psychoeducation on blood/breath alcohol concentration that includes both personalized and standardized information.
BEHAVIORAL	Lower tech facilitation	Study staff will review instructions for technology use closely with participants and guide them in use of existing phone technologies as reminders for use of the three moderate drinking technologies during drinking situations.
DEVICE	Higher tech facilitation	Participants will use an app developed during the study that will provide protective behavioral strategies and reminders for use of the three moderate drinking technologies during drinking situations.
BEHAVIORAL	Attention control psychoeducation	Brief 25/30-minute psychoeducation on a topic not related to alcohol use that will be developed in the course of the study.
DEVICE	Attention control technology	App or other form of technology that will be developed in the course of the study to deliver information not related to alcohol use

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-09
• Primary completion: 2025-09-01
• Completion: 2025-09-01
• First posted: 2023-11-09
• Last updated: 2025-05-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States