An interventional study of Text Message (to remind of Integrated Plan content) in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and Suicide Ideation, sponsored by Medical University of South Carolina. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-06.
Sponsored by Medical University of South Carolina · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study will develop and evaluate a brief, personalized, single-session telehealth intervention combined with a four-week just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI) delivered via text messaging for adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The study includes qualitative interviews, pilot testing, and a 28-day micro-randomized trial (MRT). In the MRT phase, participants (N=75) will be repeatedly randomized multiple times per day to receive text messages targeting craving and suicide ideation or to receive no message. Outcomes include alcohol craving, suicide ideation, alcohol consumption, and engagement with intervention strategies
1,674 studies on the registry are indexed under Alcoholism; 331 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 80 is close to the median of 88 across 1,428 interventional studies indexed under Alcoholism.
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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.
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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.
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Informed consent
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Groups of people are not randomized. Each person is repeated randomized 112 times over 28 days to text message vs no text message. Within the text message condition, there is additional randomization to text message choice and text message language conditions.
Behavioral: Text Message (to remind of Integrated Plan content)
At four time points each day (112 time points across the 28-day study), each participant will be randomized to text message or no text message. Within the text message condition, there will be further randomization to Text Message Choice and Text Message Language conditions.
Integrated Plan Engagement
Participants will complete the following yes/no EMA item four times a day: "Since the last survey, I completed a strategy from my Integrated Plan." This item, created by the study team for this study, will assess the completion of any intervention strategy from the patient's individualized Integrated Plan during the 28 day period.
Time frame: 28-day MRT period
Alcohol Craving
Participants will complete the following EMA item (on a 0-10 Likert scale) four times a day: "Since the last survey, I thought about drinking or how good a drink would make me feel." This item, drawn from a well-established measure of alcohol craving (Penn Alcohol Craving Scale) will assess craving during the 28 day period.
Time frame: 28-day MRT period
Suicide Ideation
Participants will complete the following EMA item (on a 0-10 Likert scale) four times a day: "Since the last survey, I thought about killing myself." This item, drawn from a well-established interview that has also been used as a self-report measure to assess varied self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview-Revised) will assess thoughts of suicide during the 28 day period. This item has been used previously by the PI in EMA studies.
Time frame: 28-day MRT period
Alcohol Consumption
Participants will complete the following EMA item to assess alcohol consumption four times a day: "Since the last survey, I drank \_\_ drinks".
Time frame: 28-day MRT period
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Start is estimated for Oct 2026; primary completion for Jul 2031, 57 months later.
Of 470 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Alcoholism, half reached primary completion within 35 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 18 and three quarters within 55. This study's planned 57 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 493 studies reached it within 33 months; a quarter within 17 and three quarters within 53.
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