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Bystander Brief Motivational Intervention for Risk-taking behavior (DISH Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Brown University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
* First-year students in one of two residence halls. The subset of participants who were selected for intervention or control had to have been exposed to others who showed risk signs in the past month.
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 1 month and 3 months
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Summary

The objective of this treatment development grant is to create an innovative and efficacious alcohol intervention for emerging adults using features from three theoretically sound and empirically supported approaches. A set of students will be engaged to serve as peer leaders to assist in reducing hazardous drinking behavior among their peers. This new intervention, a Bystander Brief Motivational Intervention (BBMI) spans Stages 1A and 1B of the stage model of behavioral therapies research and will utilize qualitative methods, an open trial, and a small controlled pilot trial within the targeted college community.

Eligible Conditions
  • Risk-taking behavior
  • Alcoholism

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~1 month and 3 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 month and 3 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary study objectives
Alcohol Bystander Readiness to Help
Exposure to the Hazardous Drinking of Others
The Bystanders to Alcohol Risk Scale - Strategies

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Bystander Brief Motivational InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Two 2-hour in person sessions focusing on identifying alcohol risks among peers, determining optimal bystander strategies to use, and identifying personal barriers to intervening.
Group II: Assessment ControlActive Control1 Intervention
Comparison group selected using the same criteria but receive no intervention.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Bystander Brief Motivational Intervention
2022
N/A
~190

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Brown UniversityLead Sponsor
463 Previous Clinical Trials
618,506 Total Patients Enrolled
~51 spots leftby Sep 2025
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