Pilot Study of Text Message Brief Interventions for Problem Drinkers

Alcohol Dependence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Pilot Study of Text Message Brief Interventions for Problem Drinkers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01180829
• Other study ID #: 088/2010
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 9, 2010
• Last updated: August 29, 2012
• Start date: October 2010
• Est. completion date: January 2012

Study information

• Verified date: August 2012
• Source: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Health Canada
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will provide a pilot test of two different text message interventions for problem drinkers. Participants will be recruited using a general population telephone survey. Participants in a control group (who will not receive text messages) will be compared to participants who receive one of two different types of text message packages (12 text messages sent once per week in each) - a series of personalized feedback text messages or a series of consciousness raising test messages (i.e., messages that keep the thought of cutting down on their drinking in the participants' mind). Participants in the three different conditions will be followed-up in three months time to assess changes in drinking. It is predicted that participants who receive either of the text message packages will report reduced drinking as compared to those participants in the control condition who do not receive any text messages.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 91
• Est. completion date: January 2012
• Est. primary completion date: January 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 19 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Resident of Ontario

• 19 years of age or over

• Have consumed alcohol in the one month prior to the telephone survey.

• A score of 8 or over on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

• Are willing to participate in follow-up at three months

Exclusion Criteria:

•None

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Dependence
• Alcoholism

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Personalized feedback text messages
A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking.
• Consciousness raising text messages
A series of 12 text messages, each of which consists of an item designed to get the person to think about his or her drinking

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health	Health Canada

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of drinks in a typical week		Three months	No
Secondary	Frequency of consumption		Three months	No
Secondary	usual number of drinks per occasion		Three months	No
Secondary	Frequency of consuming 5 or more drinks on one occasion		three months	No
Secondary	highest number of drinks on one occasion		3 months	No