NCT04639882

Motivating Recruitment and Efficacy in Normative Feedback Interventions

Completed NA Last updated 23 November 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Personalized normative feedback in Heavy Drinking in 498 participants. Completed in 31 August 2017.

Timeline

10 September 2014

Primary endpoint
1 June 2016

31 August 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Houston
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	factorial
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	498
Start date	10 September 2014
Primary completion	1 June 2016
Estimated completion	31 August 2017
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Personalized normative feedback

Conditions studied

• Heavy Drinking — all drugs for Heavy Drinking →

Sponsor

University of Houston

Who can join

Adults 18 to 26, any sex, with Heavy Drinking. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Excessive alcohol consumption among college students continues to be a serious public health concern associated with a wide range of negative consequences. Brief computer-based social norms interventions, including personalized normative feedback (PNF), have shown consistent effects in reducing problematic drinking in this population, and there is some evidence that in-lab computer-delivered interventions may be more effective than remote interventions. Most studies have been conducted using generous incentives which may reduce the feasibility of dissemination on a larger scale and may undermine trial efficacy. In accordance with NIAAA aims, this research aims to (a) investigate delivery modality (i.e., in lab versus remotely) and incentives as important factors affecting the efficacy of PNF interventions and (b) develop intervention strategies that facilitate wider dissemination of inexpensive empirically-supported brief interventions for college students, thereby reducing problem drinking during a high-risk time period.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Incentives and delivery modality as moderators of a web-based personalized normative feedback intervention for heavy-drinking college students.
   Neighbors C, Rodriguez LM, Tomkins MM, Garey L. · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 41021494 · DOI 10.1037/adb0001101