Clinical trial NCT06326099: Brief Binge Eating and Drinking Online Intervention
Official title: A Mobile-Based Intervention to Address Heavy Drinking and Binge Eating in College Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Binge Eating
Binge Drinking
Lead sponsor: University of Southern California
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-03-22
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 24
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This pilot project targets both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors and encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling.

Detailed description: Despite the prevalence of binge drinking and binge eating behaviors among college students, few students seek care for either. Intervening with college students early is essential as untreated symptoms of binge drinking and binge eating behaviors can become more severe and persistent over time, often leading to diagnosed disorders and lasting consequences on students' social functioning, physical health, and educational attainment. Thus, the major goal of this research study is to target both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors, as well as encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling. The intervention combines two innovations to facilitate behavior change: (1) personalized drinking and binge eating intervention content with harm reduction and cognitive behavioral skills proven to be efficacious in reducing these problematic behaviors among college students delivered via (2) a mobile-based program that increases accessibility, is easy and engaging to use, and broadens the accessibility of the intervention content to an often non-treatment seeking group. The intervention is informed by evidence-based practices, with student and expert feedback, to help limit alcohol consumption, engage in healthier eating behaviors, and practice alternate strategies to manage negative affect.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* full time undergraduate student at the study site
* between the ages of 18 and 24
* ability to speak and read English
* at least two occasions of binge drinking (5 or more drinks in a row for males, 4 (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control) in the past 28 days
* at least two occasions of binge eating (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control)151 in the past 28 days
* no receipt of mental health or substance use care in the past month.

Exclusion Criteria:

* not meeting eligibility criteria

Primary outcomes:
measure: Frequency of past 28-day binge drinking
timeFrame: Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up
measure: Frequency of past 28-day binge eating
timeFrame: Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up
measure: Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ)
timeFrame: Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder Treatment History Inventory
timeFrame: Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up
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