Recruiting

ICBT for Alcohol

Sponsor:

University of Regina

Code:

NCT07021053

Conditions

Alcohol Misuse

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Alcohol Change Course Enhanced

Study Details

Brief summary:

This observational study investigates an Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (ICBT) intervention for alcohol misuse, called the Alcohol Change Course Enhanced (ACCE). The intervention will be offered through the Online Therapy Unit, which is a routine care ICBT clinic. The primary objective of the study is to examine whether engagement in adaptive actions measured by the Things You Do Questionnaire (TYDQ), including healthy thinking, meaningful activities, social connections, healthy habits and goal setting - increase during ICBT for alcohol misuse. Using data collected during routine care, the relationship between adaptive actions and alcohol use will be investigated, and specifically explore if the frequency of adaptive actions increases as alcohol use reduces during the intervention.

Conditions

Alcohol Misuse

Study ID

NCT07021053

Start date

May 14, 2025

Status verified date

May, 2025

Completion date

May 14, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 14, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Be a resident of Canada
  • Be 18 years or older
  • Have access to a computer or appropriate device and the internet
  • Endorse alcohol misuse

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current severe medical or psychiatric problem that requires immediate or alternate treatment (e.g. current and recent mania or psychosis requiring hospitalization, actively suicidal and unable to keep themselves safe, medical condition requiring immediate surgery or other invasive treatment, severe substance use, severe cognitive impairment);
  • Currently receiving or expecting to receive individual alcohol treatment more than twice per month
  • Other treatment in our clinic
  • Unable to read and understand English. (All content is provided in English and staff is English speaking; it is cost prohibitive at this time to provide the complete service in languages other than English)

Study Design

Enrollment

165 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: ICBT for Alcohol Misuse

Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol misuse.

Interventions

Alcohol Change Course Enhanced

The Alcohol Change Course Enhanced is an adaptation of the Alcohol Change Course, originally developed and evaluated in Switzerland. The Course is a six-lesson ICBT intervention delivered over eight weeks to individuals who self-report alcohol misuse. Due to therapist registration and availability, eligible clients residing in Saskatchewan will be offered the option of receiving therapist assistance (or not) alongside the Course, while clients from other Canadian provinces will not receive therapist support. In addition to the monitoring of weekly measures available to all clients, those receiving therapist support will receive weekly secure messaging from their assigned therapist for eight weeks. Therapists will spend approximately 15 minutes per week/per client receiving therapist support. Phone calls will be used in the event that there is a significant clinical issue requiring therapist attention that cannot be addressed over messaging (e.g., sudden increase in symptoms).

Primary outcome measure

  • Changes in Alcohol Consumption [ Time Frame: Baseline (Screening), weeks 4, 6 (post-treatment) and 18 post enrollment ]
  • Changes in Adaptive Actions [ Time Frame: Baseline (Screening), weeks 4, 6 (post treatment) and 18 post enrollment ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Marcie Nugent, MSW

306-337-3331marcie.nugent@uregina.ca

Heather Hadjistavropoulos, PhD

306-585-5133heather.hadjistavropoulos@uregina.ca

Locations

Online Therapy Unit

Recruiting

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S0A2

Contacts

Marcie Nugent, MSW

306-337-3331marcie.nugent@uregina.ca

Heather Hadjistavropoulos, PhD

306-585-5133heather.hadjistavropoulos@uregina.ca

Principal Investigator:

Heather Hadjistavropoulos, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Regina

Last update posted

Aug 21, 2025

Last verified

May, 2025

Keywords

  • Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy
  • Alcohol misuse

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 Regina on 2025-08-21.