Evaluation of AlcoholEdu for College

Evaluation of AlcoholEdu: A Randomized Multi-Campus Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01382979

Enrollment

9571

Registered

2011-06-27

Start date

2007-07-31

Completion date

2011-04-30

Last updated

2011-06-27

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Conditions

Alcohol Misuse

Keywords

Alcohol misuse prevention, College students, Intervention and control

Brief summary

The study examined whether an online course for college freshmen (AlcoholEdu) had an effect on alcohol misuse and related problems, using a randomized controlled design with 30 universities.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALAlcoholEdu for College

Online course for college freshmen.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Colleges without an online alcohol prevention course * Able to implement AlcoholEdu course for all incoming freshmen * Able to provide random student samples for data collection * Able to obtain IRB approval for study

Exclusion criteria

* Already implementing alcohol prevention course for incoming freshmen * Not able to implement online alcohol prevention course * Not able to provide random student samples for data collection * Not able to obtain IRB approval for study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Binge drinking	30 days	Frequency of binge drinking in the past 30 days

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Alcohol-related problems	30 days	Alcohol-related problems in the past 30 days

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026