CARES: A Mobile Health Program for Alcohol Risk Reduction
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 200
Summary
- Conditions
- Alcohol Abuse
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: Assessors will be blind to the participant's randomization assignmentPrimary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 29 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
This STTR builds on our successful pilot that developed a text message-delivered alcohol intervention for, and in collaboration with CCS. Phase I will develop and test a smart phone application (the "Cares" app) incorporating the text message program with additional features and functionality reques...
This STTR builds on our successful pilot that developed a text message-delivered alcohol intervention for, and in collaboration with CCS. Phase I will develop and test a smart phone application (the "Cares" app) incorporating the text message program with additional features and functionality requested by students in the pilot trial (Aim 1.1). After obtaining user feedback (Aim 1.2) programming will be completed in both iOS and Android languages. To ensure that the College Alcohol Risk Education System (CARES) is well positioned to get into the community college marketplace, it is critical to demonstrate efficacy. Phase 2 will conduct an efficacy trial of CARES compared to a competing alcohol education program that would be feasible for most community colleges to adopt, thus providing a real-world comparison with data suitable to support future efforts toward commercialization. This study will also identify the types of individuals for whom CARES is more/less effective and identify how it might be improved.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03927482
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Beth C Bock, PhD The Miriam Hospital