Recruiting

Singularities vs. Food4Thought

Sponsor:

University of Pittsburgh

Code:

NCT07463118

Conditions

Alcohol Problem

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Food4Thought

Singularities

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a randomized controlled trial to learn if the Singularities, a game-based intervention, works to reduce alcohol-related harms among youth. It will also learn if Singularities reduces alcohol use behaviors and improves alcohol protective behavioral strategies, adaptive coping skills, and healthy social media use. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does Singularities reduce the frequency of experiencing alcohol-related harms and alcohol use behaviors?
  • Does Singularities improve alcohol protective behavioral strategies, adaptive coping skills, and healthy social media use?

Researchers will compare Singularities to an attention control program, Food4Thought, a game-based intervention about nutrition, physical activity, and teen well-being, to see if Singularities works to reduce alcohol-related harms.

Participants will:

  • Partake in either Singularities or Food4Thought, both of which will be completed over the course of one month
  • Take 4 online surveys over the course of one year
  • Complete an optional online interview after the surveys

Conditions

Alcohol Problem

Study ID

NCT07463118

Start date

Jun 10, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jun 30, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Able to comfortably participate in English
  • Live in the U.S.
  • 14-18 years old
  • Have an internet-accessible computer, smart phone, or tablet
  • Provide an email address
  • Have drank alcohol in their lifetime or intend to in the next year

Exclusion Criteria:

\- None

Study Design

Enrollment

1992 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Singularities

Singularities is a theory-based, community-informed, web-accessible intervention that includes a game, discussion board, and resources that incorporate 3 components for encouraging use of adaptive coping skills, alcohol protective behavioral strategies, and healthy internet and social media use.

active comparator: Food4Thought

Food4Thought is an attention control condition in which participants receive similar amounts of research team contact and program contact as the Singularities intervention. Participants will play the game Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition, developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center, and learn about resources and respond to questions about nutrition, physical activity, and teen well-being (without the mention of anything pertaining to alcohol use).

Interventions

Food4Thought

Food4Thought is an attention control condition in which participants receive similar amounts of research team contact and program contact as the intervention. Participants will play the game Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition, developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Participants are instructed to build healthy meals using cuisine from around the world while ensuring they stick to a budget and meet all their nutritional needs. Food4Thought will be delivered via Qualtrics.

Singularities

Singularities is a theory-based, community-informed, web-accessible intervention that includes a game, discussion board, and resources that incorporate 3 components for encouraging use of adaptive coping skills, alcohol protective behavioral strategies, and healthy internet and social media use.

Primary outcome measure

  • Alcohol-related harms [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Robert WS Coulter, PhD, MPH

412-624-0647robert.ws.coulter@pitt.edu

James E Egan, PhD, MPH

412-624-2255jee48@pitt.edu

Locations

University of Pittsburgh

Recruiting

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213

Contacts

Robert WS Coulter, PhD

4126240647robert.ws.coulter@pitt.edu

James E Egan, PhD

4126242255jee48@pitt.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Last update posted

Jul 16, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

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 Pittsburgh on 2026-07-16.