Recruiting

Mobile Intervention

Sponsor:

University of Houston

Code:

NCT06416059

Conditions

Alcohol Abuse

Anxiety

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Mobile Application

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to develop and examine a culturally adapted, mobile health application for the Android and iOS platform. The application uses a personalized feedback intervention (PFI) designed to enhance knowledge regarding adverse anxiety-alcohol interrelations, increase motivation and intention to reduce hazardous drinking, and reduce positive attitudes and intention regarding anxiety-related alcohol use among Black hazardous drinkers with clinical anxiety.

Conditions

Alcohol Abuse

Anxiety

Study ID

NCT06416059

Start date

May 15, 2023

Status verified date

Jun, 2024

Completion date

Aug 31, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 31, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being 21 years of age or older
  • Self-identifying as Black or African American
  • Meeting criteria for current hazardous drinking pattern
  • Meeting criteria for clinical anxiety
  • Being able to provide written, informed consent
  • Owning a smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current participation in alcohol or other substance abuse treatment
  • Engaged in psychotherapy for anxiety or depression
  • Concurrent use of medication for anxiety or depression
  • Being pregnant by self-report
  • Residence outside of the United States confirmed via survey geolocation
  • Inability to provide a valid United States-issued driver's license or identification card to verify identity.

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Mobile Application

Participants complete a 45 minute intervention at baseline and will have access to intervention material for up to 3-months after the baseline appointment via the mobile health application.

Interventions

Mobile Application

The mobile application is a culturally adapted, brief, personalized feedback intervention (PFI) to address alcohol misuse in the context of clinical anxiety,

Primary outcome measure

  • Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test [ Time Frame: Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion ]
  • Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale [ Time Frame: Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Brooke Y Redmond, Ph.D.

713-743-8056restorestudy94@gmail.com

Michael J Zvolensky, Ph.D.

713-743-8595restorestudy94@gmail.com

Locations

RESTORE Laboratory: Research on Emotion, Substance Treatment Outcomes, and Racial Equity

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77204

Contacts

Maxwell S Suffis, M.A.

206-795-8350mssuffis@cougarnet.uh.edu

Principal Investigator:

Michael J Zvolensky, Ph.D.

More Information

Sponsor

University of Houston

Last update posted

Jun 17, 2024

Last verified

Jun, 2024

Keywords

  • African American
  • Black
  • Personalized Feedback Intervention

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Houston on 2024-06-17.