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CompletedNCT02794311AlcoolPredictUpdated Jan 21, 2026

Risk Factors Associated With Binge Drinking Behaviors Among College Students

An interventional study of Alcoolpredict in Binge Drinking, sponsored by CHU de Reims. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 25 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-21.

Sponsored by CHU de Reims · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
125
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 25 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to specify the psychological, cognitive, neuro-functional and genetic profile associated with binge drinker behaviors among young adults. Results will help identifying more precisely vulnerability factors associated with this pattern of alcohol consumption and guiding prevention efforts.

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Binge drinking behavior is characterised by speed of drinking on a particular occasion, frequency of drunkenness during the most recent six month period, and the percentage of times getting drunk when drinking. The prevalence of weekly binge drinking among European Union drinkers in 2009 was reported to be 28% of the student population, and 33% among all young people aged 15-24. The consequences of this behavior are multiple and often dramatic, they include: academic failure, violent acts, rape, domestic or road accidents. The study aims to identify vulnerability factors associated with binge drinking. The protocol explores the psychological (personality), neuropsychological (executive functions, memory), genetic (snp polymorphisms) and neuro-anatomical (fMRI) patterns associated with binge drinking behavior.

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Conditions studied

  • Binge Drinking

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In context

Binge Drinking

71 studies on the registry are indexed under Binge Drinking; 20 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 125 is close to the median of 120 across 64 interventional studies indexed under Binge Drinking.

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Lead sponsor

CHU de Reims is the lead sponsor of 276 studies on the registry; 50 are open to participants now.

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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

  • Males or females
  • Right-handed
  • Aged 18-25 years
  • Native French speaker, able to read French and complete study evaluations
  • Caucasian
  • Able to provide informed written and verbal consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

  • A significant general medical illness, including neurological disorders, mental retardation or head trauma
  • Depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder diagnostic according to
  • Handling of psychotropics substances
  • A sensorial impairment (visual and/or hearing)
  • Women who are pregnant
  • to the use of MRI (pacemaker, metal in their body)
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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DSM diagnostic criteria

The American Psychiatric Association’s manual of mental health diagnoses. DSM-5 (2013, revised as DSM-5-TR in 2022) replaced DSM-IV, and some studies still name the older edition. “Meets DSM criteria for …” means diagnosed by that edition’s diagnostic criteria, usually by a clinician in an interview.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
125 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • OtherAlcoolpredict

    psychological (personality), neuropsychological (executive functions, memory), genetic (snp polymorphisms) and neuro-anatomical (fMRI)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Neuropsychological test : Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I)

    Time frame: day 1

  2. Neuropsychological test : Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)

    Time frame: V2(3 weeks later)

  3. Genetics tests (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)

    Time frame: V2(3 weeks later)

  4. MRI - signal BOLD (" Blood Oxygen Level Dependant ").

    Time frame: V3(up to 2 month)

  5. Neuropsychological test : Family Informant Schedule and Criteria (FISC)

    Time frame: day 1

  6. Neuropsychological test : Alcohol Use Questionnaire

    Time frame: day 1

  7. Neuropsychological test :Trail Making Test, partie A et B

    Time frame: V3(up to 2 month)

  8. Neuropsychological test : Plus/Minus Test

    Time frame: V3(up to 2 month)

  9. Neuropsychological test :Go/No-Go

    Time frame: V3(up to 2 month)

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Study locations

1 site
  • Chu Reims
    Reims, 51092, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • Lannoy S, Dricot L, Benzerouk F, Portefaix C, Barriere S, Quaglino V, Naassila M, Kaladjian A, Gierski F. Neural Responses to the Implicit Processing of Emotional Facial Expressions in Binge Drinking. Alcohol Alcohol. 2021 Feb 24;56(2):166-174. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agaa093. PubMed 33075804 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 21, 2026, 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
NCT02794311
Lead sponsor
CHU de Reims
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 9, 2016
Start date
Feb 2015
Primary completion
Sep 24, 2019
Completion
Sep 24, 2019
Last update
Jan 21, 2026

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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