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CompletedNCT01126164GOALSUpdated Mar 16, 2021

Parent Intervention to Reduce Binge Drinking

An interventional study of Parent Handbook and Peer Basics in Alcohol Consumption, sponsored by Penn State University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 25 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-03-16.

Primary conditionAlcohol Drinking(the registry's first term)UnverifiedIs this wrong?Alcohol Drinking is a broad heading, used only when no more specific condition is named. No better condition is named, so the registry's term is kept.

Sponsored by Penn State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
800
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 25 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Parent and peer interventions to reduce student drinking

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Parent and peer interventions to reduce student drinking:

Efficacy;

Mediation:

Moderation

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Conditions studied

  • Alcohol Consumption

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Keywords

  • parents
  • peer
  • basics
  • college student drinking
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In context

Alcohol Drinking Unverified

701 studies on the registry are indexed under Alcohol Drinking; 133 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 800 is above the median of 122 across 607 interventional studies indexed under Alcohol Drinking.

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Lead sponsor

Penn State University is the lead sponsor of 270 studies on the registry; 53 are open to participants now.

Of its 15 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 11 (73%) have results posted.

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Compared within Alcohol Drinking, the registry's first condition term, which may not be this study's main condition. Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 25 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • varsity athlete in high school

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not a varsity athlete in high school
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Factorial assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
800 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    parent handbook

    parent handbook

    Behavioral: Parent Handbook and Peer Basics

  • Experimental
    peer basics

    peer delivered basics

    Behavioral: Parent Handbook and Peer Basics

  • Experimental
    parent handbook and peer basics

    parent handbook and peer basics

    Behavioral: Parent Handbook and Peer Basics

Interventions

  • BehavioralParent Handbook and Peer Basics

    Parent and Peer delivered interventions

    Also known as: Parent Handbook, Peer Delivered BASICS

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. heavy episodic drinking

    typical daily drinking

    Time frame: 6 months post baseline

  2. heavy episodic drinking

    typical daily drinking

    Time frame: 9 months post baseline

  3. heavy episodic peak drinking

    peak number of drinks in one night

    Time frame: 6 months post baseline

  4. heavy episodic peak drinking

    peak number of drinks in one night

    Time frame: 9 months post baseline

Secondary outcomes

  1. drinking consequences

    frequency of blackouts, hangovers, vomiting, fights, unplanned sex, trouble with police, poor academic performance as measured by the rapi; yaapst (standard instruments used in all college alcohol prevention trials)

    Time frame: 9 months post baseline

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Study locations

1 site
  • Penn State University
    University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Turrisi R, Larimer ME, Mallett KA, Kilmer JR, Ray AE, Mastroleo NR, Geisner IM, Grossbard J, Tollison S, Lostutter TW, Montoya H. A randomized clinical trial evaluating a combined alcohol intervention for high-risk college students. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2009 Jul;70(4):555-67. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.555. PubMed 19515296 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 16, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01126164
Lead sponsor
Penn State University
Responsible party
Robert Turrisi (Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Prevention Research Center, Penn State University) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 19, 2010
Start date
Sep 2005
Primary completion
Jul 2009
Completion
Jul 2009
Last update
Mar 16, 2021

Study contacts

Robert Turrisi, Ph.D.
principal investigator · Penn State University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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