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Alcohol & Exercise Study

NCT05955911 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2025-07-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Alcohol-Related Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

20 minutes of Moderate intensity (40%-59% heartrate reserve) walking on a treadmill.

BEHAVIORAL

Coloring

20 minutes of coloring in adult coloring book

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Western University, Canada

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jesus Chavarria, Ph.D. · Western University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-12-01
Primary Completion
2025-07-14
Completion
2025-07-14

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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