An interventional study of e-CHECKUP TO GO (eCTG) and e-Parent Intervention in Underage Drinking, Drinking, Teen and Adolescent Alcohol Use, sponsored by Binghamton University. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 15 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-03.
Sponsored by Binghamton University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Underage drinking is a significant problem in the United States. While past research supports the efficacy of interventions in delaying the initiation of alcohol use implemented in middle school and early high school, research shows drinking by older high schoolers is problematic and interventions for older high schoolers remain limited. The current project will test the efficacy of the e-CHECKUP TO GO (eCTG), alone and combined with an electronic-Parent-Based Intervention (ePBI), for junior and senior high school students using a nationally representative sample with the goal of reducing alcohol use and negative consequences.
Prevalence rates of high school alcohol use suggest 61.6% of high school students have used alcohol by their senior year and 1 in 3 students report alcohol use past 30-days. High school risky drinking is associated with negative consequences including impaired neurocognitive functioning, academic problems, hangovers, passing out, unwanted sex, dating violence, suicide attempts, illicit drug use, riding with impaired drivers, and impaired driving.
While past research supports the efficacy of interventions in delaying the initiation of alcohol use implemented in middle school and early high school, research shows drinking by older high schoolers is problematic and interventions for older high schoolers remain limited. Implementation with high schoolers has always been difficult to sustain following the completion of the grant funding period due to large costs associated with personnel to hire, train, and supervise teachers and staff to implement interventions with fidelity. As an alternative, brief web-based personalized feedback interventions that do not require staffing or costs to implement to large numbers of students have shown promise (e.g., eCHECKUP TO GO; eCTG). Our preliminary work, including our funded NIAAA R21 study, supporting this proposal has shown eCTG is efficacious in changing normative perceptions of peer drinking frequency and drunkenness, positive alcohol expectancies, and reducing both alcohol use and consequences among high school students. The proposed research will expand on these findings by conducting a randomized controlled trial using the eCHECKUP TO GO (eCTG) alone and combined with an efficacious brief electronic-Parent-Based Intervention on a nationally representative sample of high school juniors and seniors.
The design is a four-arm RCT: eCTG, eCTG+, Parent-Only, and Control. Data collection will occur across 5 waves (pre-intervention baseline, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- month follow-ups) for all arms. In all arms there is one wave for parents (3-month only).
44 studies on the registry are indexed under Underage Drinking; 13 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 2,532 is above the median of 360 across 43 interventional studies indexed under Underage Drinking.
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A brief, web-based program designed by San Diego State University to reduce high-risk drinking by providing personalized normative feedback regarding alcohol use, risk factors, and risks associated with drinking and accurate information about alcohol
Behavioral: e-CHECKUP TO GO (eCTG)
The eCTG+ is a combination of the eCTG and the e-Parent Intervention, which is an electronic handbook developed by Rob Turrisi to guide parents in discussing drinking, behaviors, and consequences with their teens.
Behavioral: e-CHECKUP TO GO (eCTG) · Behavioral: e-Parent Intervention
The e-Parent Intervention, which is an electronic handbook developed by Rob Turrisi to guide parents in discussing drinking, behaviors, and consequences with their teens.
Behavioral: e-Parent Intervention
No intervention is provided
A brief, web-based program designed by San Diego State University to reduce high-risk drinking by providing personalized normative feedback regarding alcohol use, risk factors, and risks associated with drinking and accurate information about alcohol.
The e-Parent Intervention, which is an electronic handbook developed by Rob Turrisi to guide parents in discussing drinking, behaviors, and consequences with their teens.
Examine changes in alcohol use
A standard drink definition will be provided, indicating that a standard drink consists of 12 oz. of beer or wine cooler, 8.5 oz. of malt liquor, 4 oz. of wine, or 1.5 oz. of hard liquor. Using the Daily Drinking Questionnaire (DDQ), participants will indicate how many drinks they consumed on each day of a typical week during the past month. Participants will also be asked peak drinks and hours spent drinking during the occasion they drank the most during the past month.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Examine Changes in Consequences of Alcohol Use
Alcohol-related consequences (e.g., said or done embarrassing things, blackout) from the past three months will be measured using the established Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (BYAACQ). Response options will be measured on a 7-point scale ranging from (0) no, not in the past year to (6) 11 or more times in the past three months.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Examine Changes in Parental Rules about Underage Drinking (Permissiveness)
Parental permissiveness of underage drinking will be assessed using six items (e.g., I am allowed to drink alcohol on special occasions), based on level of agreement on a 7-point scale ranging from (1) strongly disagree to (7) strongly agree.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Examine Changes in Parental Communication
Parental communication about alcohol use will be assessed separately for mothers and fathers. Participants will be asked whether their parent discussed these topics (yes/no) with them within the past three months. Items include topics such as "the importance of not being pressured to drink to fit it".
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Examine Changes in Parental Communications
General Communication (e.g., my mother/father is there for me when I want to talk) will be assessed separately for mothers and fathers based on level of agreement on a 7-point scale ranging from (1) strongly disagree to (7) strongly agree.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Examine Changes in General Parental Practices
General Parenting Practices (e.g., if I had a personal problem I could ask my mother/father for help) will be assessed separately for mothers and fathers based on level of agreement on a 7-point scale ranging from (1) strongly disagree to (7) strongly agree.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Examine Changes in Parental Monitoring
Parental monitoring (e.g., my mother/father tries to know about my drinking) will be assessed separately for mothers and fathers based on level of agreement on a 7-point scale ranging from (1) strongly disagree to (7) strongly agree.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Examine Changes in Alcohol Use Expectancies
Expectancies for using alcohol (e.g., I will feel badly about myself because of my drinking) will be measured. Responses will be recorded using 7-point scale ranging from (1) strongly disagree to (7) strongly agree.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Examine Changes in Peer Descriptive Norms
Perceived peer descriptive norms of drinking will be measured using the Daily Drinking Questionnaire (DDQ) by assessing how much alcohol, on average, participants' closest friends drink each day of the week.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Examine Changes in Peer Injunctive Norms
Perceived peer injunctive norms will be measured by indicating the level of approval participants' closest friends would have from a list of items (e.g., drinking alcohol every weekend) on a 7-point scale ranging from (1) strongly disapprove to (7) strongly approve.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month
Plan to share: Yes — As part of funding requirements, data collected will be submitted to the NIAAA Data Archive.
Access criteria: Individuals will request access to the data via a data access request through the data archive.
Started Mar 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2028, 30 months after the start.
Of 34 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Underage Drinking, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 38. This study's planned 30 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 36 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 38.
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