Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Cornell University

Code:

NCT04463225

Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorder

Depression

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 62

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Internet-Delivered Brief Intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will examine the efficacy of an internet-based brief intervention designed to reduce risky behavior in Soldiers as they transition from Active Duty into the civilian workforce as a Veteran. Up to 700 soldiers intending to separate from the Army will be recruited, with the intention of drawing a final sample of 450 participants. Study participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control group, stratified by age and gender.

Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorder

Depression

Study ID

NCT04463225

Start date

Mar 30, 2021

Status verified date

May, 2023

Completion date

Mar 31, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb 28, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 62

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Is US solider intending to separate from active duty during the study enrollment period
  • Intends to seek civilian employment
  • Plans to live in US

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Plans to retire and not seek civilian employment
  • Plans to live outside of the US
  • Is separating or retiring from the National Guard or Reserves

Study Design

Enrollment

450 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: Intervention condition

Participants assigned to the intervention condition will be invited to engage with an internet-based intervention three times during the course of the study.

no intervention: Control

The control group will not be offered the internet-based intervention.

Interventions

Internet-Delivered Brief Intervention

The internet-delivered brief intervention developed for the study can be accessed via computers and mobile devices.. The intervention will employ assessment data to give study participants feedback on their drinking behavior and offer strategies to avoid risky behavior.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking [ Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of monthly over 15 months ]
  • Change in Modal alcohol consumption [ Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of monthly over 15 months ]
  • Change in Negative Emotional State -- Depression [ Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of monthly over 15 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Samuel Bacharach, Ph.D.

212-340-2850sb22@cornell.edu

Paul D Bliese, Ph.D.

Paul.Bliese@moore.sc.edu

Locations

Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Recruiting

Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98433

Contacts

Sherry Matheney

253-477-4744sherry.k.matheney.civ@army.mil

More Information

Sponsor

Cornell University

Last update posted

May 26, 2023

Last verified

May, 2023

Keywords

  • Negative Emotional States
  • Anxiety
  • Alcohol norms
  • Trauma
  • PTSD
  • Stress
  • Self-medication

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Cornell University on 2023-05-26.