Drinks Per Week
Primary
· 30 days
Average drinks based on 30 day timeline follow back of all alcohol consumption
| Group | Value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| CARES Mobile App | 4.05 | ± 4.83 |
| Alcohol Education | 5.58 | ± 6.29 |
Last reviewed · How we verify
NCT03927482
CARES: A Mobile Health Program for Alcohol Risk Reduction
Completed
NA
Results posted
Last updated 26 March 2025
What this trial tests
NA trial testing CARES mobile smart phone app in Alcohol Abuse in 239 participants. Completed in 31 January 2022.
Timeline
2 August 2018
Primary endpoint
15 September 2021
15 September 2021
31 January 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | The Miriam Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 239 |
| Start date | 2 August 2018 |
| Primary completion | 15 September 2021 |
| Estimated completion | 31 January 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- CARES mobile smart phone app
- Check Your Drinking
Conditions studied
- Alcohol Abuse — all drugs for Alcohol Abuse →
Sponsor
The Miriam Hospital
Who can join
Adults 18 to 29, any sex, with Alcohol Abuse. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov
Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.
Alcohol Related Consequences
Primary
· 30 days
Negative life events related to drinking assessed by the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire. Calculates a total score from 0-48, with higher numbers indicating worse outcomes.
| Group | Value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| CARES Mobile App | 4.34 | ± 5.94 |
| Alcohol Education | 4.95 | ± 6.12 |
Situational Confidence
Secondary
· 12 weeks
Confidence in drinking resistance assessed by the Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire. Scores 8 items from 0% to 100% confidence with higher scores indicating better confidence.
| Group | Value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| CARES Mobile App | 72.6 | ± 21.4 |
| Alcohol Education | 74.6 | ± 19.6 |
Protective Strategies
Secondary
· 12 weeks
Skills in using alcohol-protective behaviors measured by the Protective Behavioral Strategies Survey. A 15-item survey, each item is scored from 0 to 6 to indicate use of behavioral strategies and the total score is a sum of all items. Higher scores indicate more (better) use of protective strategies.
| Group | Value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| CARES Mobile App | 3.65 | ± 0.69 |
| Alcohol Education | 3.48 | ± 0.73 |
Sponsor's own description
In this fast-track STTR, Phase 1 will develop and test a mobile phone app among 40 adult community college students. The app is designed to reduce risky drinking behaviors and improve user safety. In Phase 2 the app ("CARES") will be tested with 200 adult community college students who drink alcohol. Participants will be randomly assigned to the "CARES" app or an alcohol education control condition and will use the app for 12 weeks. Six month outcomes will assess changes in drinking related behaviors.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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C.A.R.E.S: A mobile health program for alcohol risk reduction in community college students.
Bock B, Deutsch C, Dunsiger S, Rosen RK, et al · · 2021 · cited 1× · PMID 34182157 · DOI 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106493
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Data sources for this page
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03927482 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by The Miriam Hospital
- Last refreshed: 26 March 2025
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