Reducing Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorNew York University

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare an active intervention versus a standard of care control in reducing alcohol use among pregnant women. The main questions it aims to answer are whether a motivational intervention can:

1. increase the proportion of women detected with a laboratory-confirmed negative phosphatidylethanol (PEth) test during pregnancy, and 2. reduce the proportion of adverse birth outcomes among infants. Participants will be offered (1) a self-paced computer-delivered alcohol reduction intervention to enhance knowledge, norms, and motivation for alcohol reduction and (2) a nurse-delivered component to reinforce the computer-delivered content and address women's questions. Both components are theory-driven, based on Motivational Enhancement Theory (MET), and use motivational strategies to promote alcohol reduction.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

18 years and above

Gestational age is 28 weeks or less

Recent alcohol use as assessed by self-report of alcohol use in the previous 30 days

Disqualifiers

Under 18 years of age

Not pregnant or gestational age over 28 weeks

No recent alcohol use as assessed by self-report

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Intervention condition, the usual prenatal care plus the alcohol intervention

Treatment groups

600 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

New York University

Lead sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Collaborator

Health Resources in Action, Inc.

Collaborator

Purdue University

Collaborator