Brief Binge Eating and Drinking Online Intervention

Binge Eating Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Mobile-Based Intervention to Address Heavy Drinking and Binge Eating in College Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06326099
• Other study ID #: R34AA030655
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: June 2024
• Source: University of Southern California
• Contact: Eric Pedersen, Ph.D.
• Phone: 323-442-4046
• Email: Eric.Pedersen[@]med.usc.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This pilot project targets both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors and encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling.

Description:

Despite the prevalence of binge drinking and binge eating behaviors among college students, few students seek care for either. Intervening with college students early is essential as untreated symptoms of binge drinking and binge eating behaviors can become more severe and persistent over time, often leading to diagnosed disorders and lasting consequences on students' social functioning, physical health, and educational attainment. Thus, the major goal of this research study is to target both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors, as well as encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling. The intervention combines two innovations to facilitate behavior change: (1) personalized drinking and binge eating intervention content with harm reduction and cognitive behavioral skills proven to be efficacious in reducing these problematic behaviors among college students delivered via (2) a mobile-based program that increases accessibility, is easy and engaging to use, and broadens the accessibility of the intervention content to an often non-treatment seeking group. The intervention is informed by evidence-based practices, with student and expert feedback, to help limit alcohol consumption, engage in healthier eating behaviors, and practice alternate strategies to manage negative affect.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• full time undergraduate student at the study site

• between the ages of 18 and 24

• ability to speak and read English

• at least two occasions of binge drinking (5 or more drinks in a row for males, 4 (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control) in the past 28 days

• at least two occasions of binge eating (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control)151 in the past 28 days

• no receipt of mental health or substance use care in the past month.

Exclusion Criteria:

• not meeting eligibility criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Binge Drinking
• Binge Eating
• Binge-Eating Disorder
• Bulimia

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention
The intervention is an online mobile phone program developed by our research team. It builds upon efficacious brief alcohol interventions with college students by addressing underlying loss of control, impulsivity, and emotion regulation through the use of videos, interactive activities, and psychoeducation.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern California

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Frequency of past 28-day binge drinking	Number of binge drinking episodes in the past 28 days	Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up
Primary	Frequency of past 28-day binge eating	Number of binge eating episodes in the past 28 days	Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up
Primary	Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ)	21 alcohol-related consequences experienced in the past month. Sum positive responses to get a score from 0 to 24 (higher score indicates greater number of consequences)	Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up
Secondary	Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder Treatment History Inventory	Utilization of mental health and/or substance use care	Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up