Integrated Digital Health Approach to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Use and Chronic Pain Among Rural Populations
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT07804914
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov Recruiting status changes often. Contact the study team listed on ClinicalTrials.gov, and talk to your doctor before joining a study.
This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The current proposal seeks to test the benefit of a brief intervention combined with a digital program delivered though a smartphone app for reducing chronic pain and hazardous drinking among those in rural settings. Participants are recruited through social media and complete an online pre-screener and telephone screener to determine eligibility. All subsequent study assessment procedures are conducted through videoconferencing online. Participants complete 3 assessments over the course of 8 months. Following the first (baseline assessment) participants are randomized to either the INTERVENTION (INTV) or a treatment-as-usual CONTROL (CTL) condition. Those in the INTV condition meet with a health counselor for up to 50 minutes and then complete an 8-week smartphone-based intervention with weekly SMS based brief coaching. This in the CTL group meet with the health counselor only. Participants complete additional assessments at 3-months and 8-months post -baseline. Measures of alcohol use and pain are assessed after the intervention at 3 months and at the final outcome period at 8-months post-baseline.
Study details
- Official title
- Alcohol Use and Pain in Rural Populations
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Unhealthy Alcohol Use
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mobile Intervention for Alcohol and Pain
- Behavioral: Control Intervention
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
- Start date
- 2027-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2030-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Reside in a US rural area (non-metropolitan country) as defined by the Rural-Urban Commuting Codes from US Dept. of Agriculture * At least 18 years of age * Engage in hazardous drinking (either by exceeding weekly NIAAA guidelines of 7 standard drinks for women \[\>7\] and those \> 65 and older or 14 for men \[\>14\] \<65, and/or having at least one heavy drinking episode in the past month as measured by \>3 drinks for women and those \> 65 and \>4 drinks for men \< 65), - - Experience chronic pain (at least 3 months in duration) of at least moderate severity (4 or greater on the Numerical Pain Rating Scale) * Fluent in English * Use of a personal smartphone * Able to provide the name and contact information for one or more individuals who may be contacted in case the participant cannot be reached at follow-up. Exclusion Criteria: * History of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or other psychotic disorders * Prior history of serious alcohol-related withdrawal symptoms (i.e., withdrawal-related seizures or delirium tremens) * Current psychological/behavioral treatment for alcohol use disorder * Current psychological/behavioral treatment for chronic pain * Cancer-related pain * Intent to have surgery for a pain-related condition in the next 8-months * If using psychoactive medications for pain management or alcohol use must be using a stable medication dose (same dose for at least 2 months).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07804914