Clinical trial NCT06861660: Digitally Prompted Parenting: A Text Message Parent-Based Alcohol Intervention for Incoming College Students
Official title: Digitally Prompted Parenting: A Text Message Parent-Based Alcohol Intervention for Incoming College Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Underage Drinking
Lead sponsor: Loyola Marymount University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-03-06
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 17
Maximum age (years): 20
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) will evaluate both the feasibility and efficacy of Digitally Prompted Parenting (DPP), a text-message based parent intervention (tm-PBI) designed to prevent and reduce alcohol use among first-year college students. In this study, parents of incoming first-year students will receive risk-reducing text messages during the first 10 weeks of the Fall semester, which they can forward to their students. The trial uses a longitudinal design to compare drinking outcomes between students whose parents receive the DPP messages and those whose parents receive an established alcohol PBI (the active control condition). The investigators hypothesize that students in the DPP group will report lower levels of alcohol use and fewer alcohol-related consequences after the intervention compared to those in the active control group.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Student is 17-20 years of age
* Student is an LMU incoming first-year college student
* Student has access to a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
* Student's parent or legal guardian has an email address on file at LMU
* Student's parent or legal guardian has a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
* Student's parent or legal guardian received an invitation from the research team to participate
* Student's parent or legal guardian signed up to access the assigned intervention
* Student's parent or legal guardian is a resident of the United States
* Informed consent (or assent, as applicable) is provided

Exclusion Criteria:

* Student is not 17-20 years of age
* Student is not an LMU incoming first-year college student
* Student does not have access to a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
* Student's parent or legal guardian does not have an email address on file at LMU
* Student's parent or legal guardian does not have a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
* Student's parent or legal guardian did not receive an invitation from the research team to participate
* Student's parent or legal guardian did not sign up to access the assigned intervention
* Student's parent or legal guardian is not a resident of the United States
* Informed consent (or assent, as applicable) is not provided

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 1 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month
measure: Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 1,5 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 1.5 months
measure: Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 2 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 2 months
measure: Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 2.5 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 2.5 months
measure: Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 3 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 3 months
measure: Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 6 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 6 months
measure: Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 1 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month
measure: Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 1.5 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 1.5 months
measure: Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 2 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 2 months
measure: Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 2.5 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 2.5 months
measure: Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 3 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 3 months
measure: Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 6 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 6 months
measure: Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 1 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month
measure: Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 1.5 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 1.5 months
measure: Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 2 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 2 months
measure: Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 2.5 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 2.5 months
measure: Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 3 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 3 months
measure: Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 6 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 6 months
measure: Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 1 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month
measure: Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 1.5 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 1.5 months
measure: Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 2 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 2 months
measure: Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 2.5 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 2.5 months
measure: Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 3 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 3 months
measure: Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 6 Months
timeFrame: baseline, 6 months
measure: Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 1 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month
measure: Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 1.5 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 1.5 months
measure: Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 2 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 2 months
measure: Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 2.5 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 2.5 months
measure: Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 3 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 3 months
measure: Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 6 Month
timeFrame: baseline, 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: Loyola Marymount
state: California
Study officials:
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