Reducing Hazardous Alcohol Use in Social Networks Using Targeted Intervention: 21 Rising

The primary goal of this study is to determine whether change in alcohol use among college students can be transmitted through social network ties to other members in the network. Members of one college class at a northeastern university will be enrolled in a longitudinal study in which they will provide self-reported behavioral information and information about their social ties to others in their college class. A subset of heavy drinking participants will be asked to meet in person to complete an interview about their alcohol use - called a Brief Motivational Interview. There is evidence that this sort of interview can reduce harmful alcohol use. The investigators expect that following the Brief Motivational Interview others in their friendship clusters will show reduced harm associated with alcohol use as well.

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol; Harmful Use
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Brief Motivational Interview

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 1475
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Rhode Island
    • Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02912
      • Brown University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be a member of the class of 2021 or 2021.5 at the site university

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Brief Motivational Interview; Single-session in person conversation focusing on risks associated with alcohol use.	Behavioral: Brief Motivational Interview; Single (60 min) session discussion of alcohol use and associated experiences.
No Intervention: Natural History Control; No contact.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Alcohol use	Average number of drinks per week in the past 30 days	At each follow up, measure average drinks per week in the past 30 days
Average number of alcohol consequences in the past 30 days	Count of alcohol consequences in the past 30 days	At each follow up, measure count of alcohol consequences in the past 30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Brown University
• Collaborators: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Nancy Barnett, Ph.D., Brown University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 7, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2021
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 30, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): November 1, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 2, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 29, 2021
• Last Verified: July 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Drinking Behavior; Alcohol Drinking
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1810002247; 2R01AA023522 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: There is concern that with information in the dataset, including social ties, individuals could be re-identified.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No