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NCT06861660 | NOT YET RECRUITING | Underage Drinking

Digitally Prompted Parenting: A Text Message Parent-Based Alcohol Intervention for Incoming College Students
Sponsor:

Loyola Marymount University

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Dr. Joseph LaBrie

Brief Summary:

This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) will evaluate both the feasibility and efficacy of Digitally Prompted Parenting (DPP), a text-message based parent intervention (tm-PBI) designed to prevent and reduce alcohol use among first-year college students. In this study, parents of incoming first-year students will receive risk-reducing text messages during the first 10 weeks of the Fall semester, which they can forward to their students. The trial uses a longitudinal design to compare drinking outcomes between students whose parents receive the DPP messages and those whose parents receive an established alcohol PBI (the active control condition). The investigators hypothesize that students in the DPP group will report lower levels of alcohol use and fewer alcohol-related consequences after the intervention compared to those in the active control group.

Condition or disease

Underage Drinking

Intervention/treatment

Digitally Prompted Parenting

Active Control

Phase

NA

Study Type : INTERVENTIONAL
Estimated Enrollment : 300 participants
Masking : SINGLE
Masking Description : Study conditions are randomly assigned and the intervention delivery is automated. Senior members of the research team will have a record of the participants randomized to each condition, but the delivery of intervention content is automated. Junior members of the research team responsible for sending follow-up survey reminders will not be aware of participant condition assignment.
Primary Purpose : PREVENTION
Official Title : Digitally Prompted Parenting: A Text Message Parent-Based Alcohol Intervention for Incoming College Students
Actual Study Start Date : 2025-07-01
Estimated Primary Completion Date : 2026-05
Estimated Study Completion Date : 2026-08

Information not available for Arms and Intervention/treatment

Ages Eligible for Study: 17 Years to 20 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: 1
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
  • * Student is 17-20 years of age
  • * Student is an LMU incoming first-year college student
  • * Student has access to a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian has an email address on file at LMU
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian has a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian received an invitation from the research team to participate
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian signed up to access the assigned intervention
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian is a resident of the United States
  • * Informed consent (or assent, as applicable) is provided
Exclusion Criteria
  • * Student is not 17-20 years of age
  • * Student is not an LMU incoming first-year college student
  • * Student does not have access to a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian does not have an email address on file at LMU
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian does not have a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian did not receive an invitation from the research team to participate
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian did not sign up to access the assigned intervention
  • * Student's parent or legal guardian is not a resident of the United States
  • * Informed consent (or assent, as applicable) is not provided
Digitally Prompted Parenting: A Text Message Parent-Based Alcohol Intervention for Incoming College Students

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NCT06861660

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Locations

Not yet recruiting

United States, California

Loyola Marymount

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90045