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NCT03340051: RMET
Remote Alcohol Monitoring and Episodic Thinking
NA trial testing Episodic Future Thinking (EFT) in Alcohol Dependence in 94 participants. Completed in 3 October 2019.
17 September 2019
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 94 |
| Start date | 21 September 2017 |
| Primary completion | 17 September 2019 |
| Estimated completion | 3 October 2019 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Episodic Future Thinking (EFT)
- Episodic Recent Thinking (ERT)
Conditions studied
- Alcohol Dependence — all drugs for Alcohol Dependence →
- Alcohol-Related Disorders — all drugs for Alcohol-Related Disorders →
Sponsor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Who can join
Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Alcohol Dependence or Alcohol-Related Disorders. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Nearly 18% of United States adults meet criteria for alcohol dependence sometime in their lifetime, with only 24% of those individuals ever receiving any treatment for their disorder (Hasin et al., 2007). The pervasiveness of alcohol dependence indicates a need for continued development of high-impact treatments that are both effective and easily disseminated to a broad population. Recent evidence indicates that Episodic Future Thinking (EFT), the ability to self-project and pre-experience a future event, can help individuals to make changes to habitual behaviors, such as alcohol drinking (Snider et al., 2016). In this study, the investigators will evaluate the efficacy of EFT to help individuals reduce alcohol consumption. The investigators anticipate that EFT will result in a reduction in alcohol consumption over a 2-week experimental period when compared to the control group.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Future thinking to decrease real-world drinking in alcohol use disorder: Repairing reinforcer pathology in a randomized proof-of-concept trial.
Athamneh LN, Brown J, Stein JS, Gatchalian KM, et al · · 2022 · cited 28× · PMID 35041442 · DOI 10.1037/pha0000460
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- PubMed search for NCT03340051
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03340051 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Last refreshed: 12 February 2025
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