New study aims to curb binge drinking and risky sex among freshmen
NCT ID NCT05011903
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether giving first-year college students personalized, technology-delivered feedback about their drinking and sexual behavior can reduce alcohol misuse and risky sex. 600 students from two universities will receive either standard feedback or a more dynamic weekly version. The goal is to create a program that colleges can easily use to protect student health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral intervention (personalized feedback and dynamic feedback)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide an easy-to-use program that colleges can adopt to help students make safer choices about drinking and sex.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study, not a drug trial. Results depend on students' willingness to change habits, and the effect may be modest or short-lived.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 20 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * status as first-year college student at University of Kentucky or UNT-Denton * 18-20 years old Exclusion Criteria: * the inability or unwillingness to give informed, voluntary consent to participate * not meeting inclusion criteria * currently in treatment to reduce alcohol or other substance use * pregnant or planning to become pregnant
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, United States
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University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas, 76107, United States
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