Advancing Scalable Alcohol Brief Interventions in the ED: A Trial of Conversational AI With Digital Reinforcements

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Conditions studied: Alcohol Misuse

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a novel digital strategy combining a generative AI counseling agent (MICA) and weekly SMS boosters works to reduce risky drinking among Emergency Department patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07661563

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

750

Starts

2026-08-01

Expected to finish

2031-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• For men: 1+ days with 5 or more drinks OR any week with 14+ drinks/week in the past 3 months
• For women: 1+ days with 4 or more drinks OR any week with 7+ drinks/week in the past 3 months
• Owns a mobile phone
• Reads English language

You may not qualify if…

• For women: current or planned pregnancy in next 12 months
• Prisoner or active military status

Where it is running

• Stanford University Medical Center — Palo Alto, California, United States

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