A simple survey may curb teen drinking and HIV risk — a trial puts it to the test

NCT ID NCT07731932

Not yet recruiting Prevention Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jul 28, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests whether giving students accurate information about their peers' actual behavior can reduce heavy drinking and risky sexual activity. About 1,350 adolescents in three Ugandan schools will complete surveys and receive personalized feedback comparing their own estimates to real school-wide rates of HIV-transmission behaviors. Researchers will then track changes in alcohol use, condomless sex, and HIV testing over 12 months to see if this low-cost approach works.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: personalized normative feedback survey
What this could lead to: If effective, this low-cost survey-based approach could be scaled to reduce alcohol misuse and HIV/STI transmission among adolescents in resource-limited settings.
What could go wrong: This is an early-stage trial testing a behavioral intervention, not a drug. Effects may be small or short-lived, and results from rural Uganda may not generalize to other populations.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

AIDS alcohol abuse Alcohol Drinking HIV infectious disease sexually transmitted disease

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

ALCOHOL MISUSE HIV (HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS) STI

Contacts and locations

Locations

Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Mbarara, Uganda, Uganda

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