CHIPs or College Health Intervention Projects

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Alcohol Abuse

Treatments: Other: Brief Intervention; Behavioral: counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00244049

1R01AA014685-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of the study is to test the efficacy of brief clinician advice in reducing the frequency of high-risk drinking and alcohol-related harm in a population of college students seeking care at five university health care clinics. High-risk drinking is defined as 1) 8 or more episodes of heavy drinking (5 or more drinks in a row) in the past 28 days for male and female students, and/or 2) 50 drinks for male and 40 drinks for female students in the past 28 days, and/or 3) 15 drinks for male and 12 drinks for female students in the past 7 days, and/or 4) One or more episode(s) of heavy drinking which includes 15 or more drinks in a row.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• subjects who screen positive for high risk drinking on the Health Screening Survey (HSS) and Baseline interview

Exclusion criteria

• Students who will be leaving campus due to graduation or for an extended absence prior to the first face to face intervention Female students who are pregnant at the time of randomization Students who are currently suicidal at the time of the baseline interview Students under 18 years of age Students who drink more than 200 drinks in 28 days (referred for treatment).

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

Brief clinician advice

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: counseling

Other: Brief Intervention