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Technology Interventions for Youth Alcohol Use

This study is looking at two different technology programs to help young people reduce or prevent alcohol misuse. One program uses a brief interactive web program, and the other uses the same web program plus 8 weeks of supportive text messages. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to use a free app to help them talk with their child about drinking. You might be able to join if you are between 12 and 19 years old, have used alcohol in the past year, and have a phone that can receive text messages. The study will measure changes in alcohol consumption over 12 months to see how well these programs work. The current status of this study is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 1400 participants. It compares two different behavioral interventions.
What's involved
Youth participants will receive a web program, and some will also get 8 weeks of text messages. Parents/caregivers are encouraged to use a free app.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for changes in alcohol consumption at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after starting the study.

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NCT05988931

Technology Interventions for Youth Alcohol Use

Active, Not Recruiting
NAAges 12–19InterventionalPrevention
University of Michigan
~1,406 participants
Updated 2026-08-28 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Web Program + AppWeb Program + App + Text Messages

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in Alcohol Consumption
Measured over 3-, 6-, 9- and 12- months post baseline

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Michigan1

Study leadership

  • Maureen Walton, MPH, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Michigan
  • Erin Bonar, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Michigan

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

patients age 12-19 within the Michigan Medicine health system who had a visit within the past 2 years; and
past 12-month alcohol use; and
patient has a phone that can receive text messages

Exclusion

patients who do not understand English; or
patients deemed unable to provide informed consent due to conditions that preclude understanding of assessment or intervention content; or
parent/guardian consent is not obtained; or
another child in household already enrolled in the study; or
ongoing participation in another behavioral health research study

What this trial measures

  • Change in Alcohol Consumption3-, 6-, 9- and 12- months post baseline

    Alcohol consumption will be measured using total score on the 3-item Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) which includes typical quantity and frequency, and frequency of binge drinking (# of drinks modified by age based on the NIAAA Youth Guide). Higher score indicates worse outcomes.