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Alcohol & Exercise Study

Alcohol-Related Disorders

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if exercise can reduce alcohol craving in heavy social alcohol drinkers. The main questions this project aims to answer are 1) compared to a distraction activity (i.e., coloring), will mild-to-moderate intensity exercise (i.e., walking on a treadmill) reduce alcohol craving; 2) compared to a distraction, will mild-to-moderate intensity exercise reduce the amount of consumption of an alcohol-placebo beverage.

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Conditions de participation

  • Sexe:

    ALL
  • Âges admissibles:

    19 to 65

Critères de participation

Inclusion Criteria:

* Heavy social alcohol drinkers (i.e., alcohol drinkers who consume 10-40 standard alcohol beverages per week and participate in 1-5 binge drinking episodes \[consume 4+/5+ drinks in a sitting for women/men, respectively\]) per week.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Meets DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for a current moderate or severe alcohol use disorder
* Meets DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for a current Moderate or Severe cannabis use disorder
* Endorses daily smoking of tobacco
* Endorses having a current DSM-5 psychiatric disorder
* Endorses having any medical conditions that may interfere with the exercise condition (e.g., knee-replacement, sprained ankle, etc.)
* Has a current level of physical activity that exceeds 20 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day
* Endorses illicit substance use (i.e., use of illicit substances x\>2 times in the past year)
* Has self-reported allergies to pineapple juice, cranberry juice, orange juice, \&/or tonic water
* Individuals not proficient in reading, writing, or speaking in English
* Women who are trying to conceive or who are pregnant
* Women who are currently breastfeeding

Lieu de l'étude

Western University
Western University
London, Ontario
Canada

Contactez l'équipe d'étude

Primary Contact

Jesus Chavarria, PhD

[email protected]
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Étude parrainée par
Western University, Canada
Participants recherchés
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ID de l'étude: NCT05955911