N/A
N=372
Brief Interventions in the Emergency Department for Alcohol and HIV/Sexual Risk
Alcohol Consumption · Unsafe Sex
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01351389 ↗Enrolled (actual)
372
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jun 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Alcoholic Drinks Consumed Per Week — 9.1; 16.5 Drinks per week
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI) (Behavioral); Brief Advice (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Brown University
- Primary completion
- Nov 2013
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Alcoholic Drinks Consumed Per Week |
9.1; 16.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Alcoholic Drinks Consumed Past Month |
8.4; 12.1 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Alcoholic Drinks Consumed Past Month |
8.4; 12.1 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Days Engaged in Risky Sex in the Past Month |
0.8; 1.3 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Days Engaged in Condomless Sex in the Past Month |
0.7; 0.9 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Days Engaged in Condomless Sex in the Past Month |
0.7; 0.9 | — |
Summary
This brief alcohol and sexual risk taking intervention has the potential to influence the public health by reducing alcohol use and sexual risk taking behavior in individuals who are seeking treatment in an Emergency Department.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Male and female patients older than 18 who receive medical care in the ED *score positive (> 8 for males; > 6 for females) for harmful alcohol use on the AUDIT screening questionnaire and report past 3-month binge drinking
- be sexually active (past 6 months)
- endorse any past-year sex-risk behavior criterion, including:
- having more than one sexual partner
- having sexual intercourse without a condom
- consuming alcohol prior to or during sex
- sing illicit drugs (or using licit drugs to get high) prior to or during sex.
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients under the age of 18; Patients in a mutually monogamous relationship for longer than 1 year will be excluded unless either the patient or his/her partner are HIV+ or has unknown HIV status. Other exclusion criteria include:
- scoring below 18 on a mini-mental status exam
- no verifiable address
- plans to move outside a 45-mile radius within the follow-up period.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01351389). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.