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Alcohol Drinking: early-phase trial registry
41 of 86 indexed Alcohol Drinking trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #160 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
86 US clinical trials · 41 currently recruiting · #160 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Alcohol Drinking: 86 US clinical trials tracked, 41 recruiting.
Alcohol Drinking is the subject of 86 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 41 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 17 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Brown University, running 8 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition alcohol-drinking
OPEN 41 | RECR 48% | LATE 0 | EARLY 17 | RANK #160 | SPON 8
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Esophageal Cancer (48% recruiting · 132 trials)
Alcohol Drinking lists 41 open slots (48% of 86 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →
Key findings
What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Alcohol Drinking on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.
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Alcohol Drinking is recruiting above its size-band peers.
41 of 86 indexed trials (47.7%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.
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Sponsorship of Alcohol Drinking trials is spread across many organizations.
Brown University accounts for 8 of 86 trials (9.3%). 52 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Alcohol Drinking enrolment sits around 200 participants.
Median target enrolment is 200 among the 86 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 28 of those (32.6%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Alcohol Drinking research is mostly interventional.
81 interventional and 5 observational studies make up this index (94.2% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
86 total, page 2 of 2
Improving Care for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT04565899
Does Propranolol, a Beta Blocker, Attenuate Stress-Induced Drinking?
Yale University
NCT03588754
Acute Effects of Ketone Supplement on Responses to Alcohol Challenge in Healthy Volunteers
University of Pennsylvania
NCT05551754
Screening and Management of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care
Virginia Commonwealth University
NCT04248023
Impacts of Subsidized Ridesharing on Drunk Driving, Alcohol Consumption, and Mobility
Columbia University
NCT04949711
Development and Pilot Trial of an Intervention to Reduce Disclosure Recipients Negative Social Reactions and Victims Psychological Distress and Problem Drinking
University of New Hampshire
NCT03488927
Evaluations of Alcohol Warning Labels
University of Connecticut
NCT06129487
ReDIAL: A Telephone Brief Intervention for Injured Emergency Department Patients
Rhode Island Hospital
NCT01326169
Evaluation of the Media Detective Program for Elementary School-Aged Children to Prevention Substance Use
Innovation Research & Training
NCT01060852
Using Counter Attitudinal Advocacy to Change Drinking Behavior
Brown University
NCT04042909
Implementing Mobile Technology for Unhealthy Alcohol Use
UConn Health
NCT05350878
Alcohol and Health: Personalized Feedback
Oklahoma State University
NCT03337438
Evaluation of PRYSHM for LGBTQIA2S+ Youth
University of Nebraska Lincoln
NCT05521906
Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Heavy Drinking Among MSM in HIV Primary Care
Brown University
NCT02709759
The Drinking Dashboard Study
University of Missouri-Columbia
NCT05630625
Adaptive Interventions for Problem Drinkers
Northwell Health
NCT02511808
Coping Skills for Alcohol Use
University of Washington
NCT05356533
Development and Pilot Testing of a Multimodal Web-based Program to Address Heavy Drinking During Smoking Cessation
Brown University
NCT03068611
Retraining Attention to Treat Alcohol Dependence and Social Anxiety
University of Cincinnati
NCT01886716
Alcohol Misuse Intervention in Active Duty US Navy Personnel
University of New Mexi
NCT04893044
Testing Brief Personalized Feedback Integrating EMA Alcohol Cue Information
University of Washington
NCT05373706
Acute Neural and Immune Effects of Alcohol in People Living With HIV Infection
Brown University
NCT04050735
Reducing Alcohol Use Post-Bariatric Surgery
Henry Ford Health System
NCT04788316
Acute Alcohol Response In Bipolar Disorder: a fMRI Study
University of Texas at Austin
NCT04063384
Neuroscience-Informed Treatment Development for Adolescent Alcohol Use
Medical University of South Carolina
NCT03238300
Baclofen for Treating Anxiety and Alcoholism
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NCT01751386
Preventing Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Violence Among Latino Youth
Boston College
NCT05240313
Collaborative Care for Alcohol Use Disorders in the Patient-centered Medical Home
Northwell Health
NCT02885311
Acute Neuroimmune Effects of Alcohol Using Free Water Imaging
Brown University
NCT03370783
Do Treatments for Smoking Cessation Affect Alcohol Drinking? Study 1: Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Yale University
NCT00699556
Evaluating Perceived Fitness to Drive While Intoxicated
University of Pennsylvania
NCT05028413
A Novel Compound for Alcoholism Treatment
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NCT02039349
Opioid Modulation and Neural Reward Activation in Healthy Adults
University of Colorado, Denver
NCT04854551
The Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Central Adiposity
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
NCT03521817
The Behavioral Effects of Opioids and Alcohol
Sharon Walsh
NCT04300751
Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use
Yale University
NCT03401333
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
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| Phase 1 | 7 |
| Phase 2 | 10 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Alcohol Drinking records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Alcohol Drinking trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.
Related
What to do with this Alcohol Drinking page
86 registered trials, 41 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 41 Alcohol Drinking trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Brown University sponsors the most Alcohol Drinking trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Brown University's trials
- Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide
Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.
Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Alcohol Drinking condition card totals 86 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state Rhode Island. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.