An interventional study of Peer-led Alcohol Brief Intervention (identification + advice) in Binge Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking, sponsored by International Agency for Research on Cancer. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-10-01.
Sponsored by International Agency for Research on Cancer · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a behavioural intervention to change binge drinking habits in university students in Romania is feasible. The main research question is:
Is a peer-led Alcohol Brief Intervention feasible to be implemented in a Romanian University to reduce binge drinking among students?
Researchers will compare brief intervention (counselling) to no intervention.
Student participants will:
Pre-intervention focus group discussions: Students will be involved in group discussions, up to 90 minutes, to share their perspective on binge drinking.
Pre-intervention co-design workshop: Students will be involved in a 3-hour workshop to co-design messages to be used during the brief advice intervention.
University staff will be invited to participate in in-depth interviews lasting up to 60 minutes.
Intervention:
Student participants- They will be administered a pre-intervention survey lasting approximately 60-minutes by research assistants, a 15-20 minutes brief advice/counselling session by their peers, a midline survey of 5 minutes, and an endline survey of approximately 60 minutes administered by research assistants. these students will be invited to take part in a focus group at the end of the intervention lasting 90 minutes.
Peers- Peers are students who volunteered to deliver the brief counselling to other students. They will first undergo training by motivational interviewing experts for approximately 6-8 hours spread across 2 days. We intend to recruit 4 peers and each one will deliver the brief advice to 15 students, each session lasting 15-20 minutes. The peers will then be invited to participate in a focus group discussion lasting up to 90 minutes at the end of the intervention.
71 studies on the registry are indexed under Binge Drinking; 20 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 120 is close to the median of 120 across 64 interventional studies indexed under Binge Drinking.
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Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
The intervention arm will receive the brief advice from their peers about binge drinking. The intervention will last 15-20 minutes.
Behavioral: Peer-led Alcohol Brief Intervention (identification + advice)
The control arm will receive no intervention. They will only complete the surveys at three time points.
The intervention consists of a peer-led ABI for university students. This intervention aligns with the ABI approach recommended by the WHO as a cost-effective strategy to reduce harmful alcohol use, particularly in primary care and community settings. The brief advice component of the intervention will incorporate Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques, a client-centred, evidence-based counselling style intervention effective for reducing risky drinking behaviours. The brief advice will be tailored based on behavioural insights identified through formative research, such as individual perceived facilitators and barriers. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test- Consumption (AUDIT-C) will be used as the screening tool for identification. A one-on-one Brief Advice sessions of 15-20 minutes will be delivered by trained peer educators, i.e., university students who are not healthcare professionals but have been specifically trained in delivering brief advice.
Recruitment rate
Number of participants recruited
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month
Retention rate
Number of participants retained
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month
Knowledge on binge drinking and adverse outcomes
Change in knowledge on binge drinking and adverse outcomes. Ad hoc questions developed for this study will be used. Scoring will be done on the number questions answered correctly.
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 month
Attitude
Change in attitude to binge drinking using the Theory of Planned Behaviour tool (by Cooke, R., 2007). A 7-point Likert scale will be used on five bipolar scales (harmful-beneficial, unpleasant-pleasant, bad-good, worthless-valuable, unenjoyable-enjoyable.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month
Subjective norms
Change in subjective norms using the Theory of Planned Behaviour tool. A 7 point Likert scale will be used.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month
Intention to change
Change in intention change using the Theory of Planned Behaviour tool. A 7 point Likert scale will be used.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month
Feasibility outcome
This will be explored qualitatively asking questions about study acceptability, appropriateness, and fidelity using semi-structured interview guidelines. (Note: This is a qualitative outcome; no scoring will be done)
Time frame: end line (month 3)
Change in frequency of binge drinking in the past four weeks
measured via self-report using AUDIT-C, e.g. number of binge episodes, ≥6 drinks or 60 g of pure alcohol on one occasion
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3month
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Plan to share: No — Individual participant data will not be shared because of confidentiality concerns and the sensitive nature of the information collected. The trial was not designed with participant consent for public data sharing, and de-identification would not fully eliminate the risk of re-identification. Findings will instead be disseminated through aggregated results in publications and reports.
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