Chicago Social Drinking Project

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study attempts to elucidate the factors that contribute to escalation and maintenance of excessive ethanol drinking in young adults by:

1. Examining subjective and objective response differences to alcohol and other common substances in a sample of young, adult social drinkers with varying consumption patterns.

2. Determining whether response to alcohol and other substances is predictive of future consumption patterns through longitudinal follow-up interviews.

3. Examining the relationship between responses to alcohol and other substances at baseline and re-examination testing to evaluate if consumption patterns moderate this relationship.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Chicago
• Collaborator: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• Treatments: Caffeine; Diphenhydramine; Ethanol; Promethazine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 21-65

• Weigh between 110-210 lbs

• Drink alcohol at least once weekly with weekly "binge" drinking episodes

• Available to complete in-person screening and 2, 4 hour experimental sessions at the University of Chicago

• Available by phone, mail, or Internet for follow-up interviews for at least 2 years following sessions

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current or past major medical or psychiatric disorders including alcohol and substance dependence