An interventional study of Alcohol-related mobile health technologies and Motivational interview and psychoeducation on blood/breath alcohol concentration in Alcohol Use, Alcohol Drinking and Drinking Behavior, sponsored by Northeastern 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 2026-05-14.
Sponsored by Northeastern University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This is the first stage of a three-stage, NIH-funded study to develop and test initially a multi-modal intervention concerning blood/breath alcohol concentration for young adults. The multimodal intervention will be made up of brief telehealth counseling and psychoeducation and use of three mobile technologies to facilitate moderate drinking. In the first stage of the study, we will conduct formative research to obtain input from the study population, test initially the telehealth version of the brief counseling and psychoeducation and to develop a simple, "low tech" approach to coaching participants to use the three mobile technologies in typical drinking situations. Participation will last approximately one month.
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This study's enrollment of 24 is below the median of 122 across 607 interventional studies indexed under Alcohol Drinking.
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Brief motivational-interviewing-based counseling followed by use of three moderate drinking technologies (breath alcohol device and app, blood alcohol content estimator app and self-texting procedure) with "lower tech" facilitation.
Device: Alcohol-related mobile health technologies · Behavioral: Motivational interview and psychoeducation on blood/breath alcohol concentration · Behavioral: Lower tech facilitation
Participants will be asked to use the three mobile technologies as they choose while drinking for a two-week period.
Also known as: Smartphone breathalyzer, BAC estimator app and self-texting procedure
Brief 25/30-minute motivational interview and psychoeducation on blood/breath alcohol concentration that includes both personalized and standardized information.
Also known as: M.I.
Study staff will review instructions for technology use closely with participants and guide them in use of existing phone technologies as reminders for use of the three moderate drinking technologies during drinking situations.
Technology utilization
Percentage of reported drinking days on which one reports that moderate drinking technology use has occurred
Time frame: Across the field testing period, 2 weeks
Acceptability
Score on acceptability subscale of Modified System Usability Scale
Time frame: At the end of the field testing period, 2 weeks
Usability
Score on acceptability subscale of Modified System Usability Scale
Time frame: At the end of the field testing period, 2 weeks
Drinks per drinking day
Number of drinks per day during field testing period
Time frame: Across the field testing period, 2 weeks
Estimated blood alcohol content
Average estimated blood alcohol content reached on drinking days
Time frame: Across the field testing period, 2 weeks
Negative consquences
Score on the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire
Time frame: At the end of the field testing period, 2 weeks
Plan to share: Yes — Study materials and datasets with identifiers removed will be shared with other investigators upon request
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Clinical study report, Analytic code
Time frame: Study materials are available at any time upon request. Datasets with identifiers removed will be available after publication of the main outcome paper from the study
Access criteria: Any qualified investigator upon request
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Ran from Nov 2023 to primary completion in Aug 2024, 9 months.
Of 328 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Alcohol Drinking, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 45. This study's 9 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 336 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 45.
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This study is completed, as verified in May 2026. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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