Alcohol MisuseNCT07580378
Exploration of Acceptability of Alcohol Interventions
An observational study of Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorder, run by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.
Trial summary
This is a mixed-methods study consisting of a qualitative assessment the acceptability of psychosocial interventions, delivered by clinical staff. The study will also investigate the correlation between demographic variables and engagement with a North West England, NHS-led, alcohol care service, amongst the patient… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 67 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Alcohol Misuse, Alcohol Use Disorder, Behaviour Change
- How many people
- 2,000 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited Kingdom
- Study dates
- 1 May 2026to 10 Jun 2026
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 67 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Part 1: The participants for part 1 will be identified by the former service lead, who still works in the Trust. A list of all the clinical staff who worked in the alcohol care service will be provided to the Chief Investigator, in order to facilitate contact, with prospective participants. Part 2: Patients who had contact with the East Lancashire NHS-Health Trust alcohol-care service, between September 2023 and December 2024 (but who have not opted-out of their data being utilised for research purposes).
Who may be able to join
- Clinical staff who worked in the ELHT alcohol care service, and received training in the delivery of psychosocial interventions using the ITEP Manual, and who are still employed by ELHT in other roles (following de-commissioning of the alcohol care service).
- Patient data under part 2 of the study, who have not opted to have their data removed, in accordance with the NHS MESH, opt out scheme.
Who cannot join
- Clinical staff who worked in the ELHT alcohol care service, but who no longer work for the trust, or are retired.
- Clinical staff who did not receive training in the delivery of psychosocial interventions.
- Any patient data under part 2 of the study, who have opted to have their data removed for use, under the NHS MESH protocols.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United Kingdom1 site
Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Burnley, Lancashire, BB102pq
07977297281, christopher.gray@elht.nhs.uk
About this study
Official title: A Mixed-methods Study Exploring the Acceptability of Psychosocial Interventions and Social Determinants of Engagement With an NHS-led Alcohol Care Service.
This is a mixed-methods study consisting of a qualitative assessment the acceptability of psychosocial interventions, delivered by clinical staff. The study will also investigate the correlation between demographic variables and engagement with a North West England, NHS-led, alcohol care service, amongst the patient population.
Read the detailed description
The study will initially consists of a qualitative element assessing the acceptability of psychosocial interventions from the ITEP Manual, delivered by clinical staff, utilising a tailored version of the evidence-based, generic theoretical framework of acceptability questionnaire (Sekhon et al., 2022). This meets the ontological epistemology of a qualitative approach, based upon by its' focus on elicitation of subjective experience, perceptions and effort, in relation to the acceptability of delivering psychosocial interventions (Tombs and Strange, 2024). Assessing this is of particularly importance, as whilst the ITEP Manual has a strong evidence base for successful behaviour change, measures of acceptability regarding delivery are less well evidenced and have been postulated to influence clinicians' readiness to initiate behaviour change conversations, prospectively affecting patient outcomes (Bull et al., 2021).
The study will also investigate the correlation between demographic variables and engagement with a North West England, NHS-led, alcohol care service, amongst the patient population. Measures of interest will be based on existing, routinely captured data, including alcohol consumption (Audit-C/ AUDIT scores), and demographic variables of age, gender and socioeconomic status. Engagement can be defined in this case, as patient contact with the service, which might lead to referral to treatment and onward referral (although these latter variables are outside the scope of the current study). The social determinants of health are known to contribute to poorer outcomes, hence identification of those not engaging with such services, offers new opportunities to improve population health (Fraser et al., 2022; Hiam, 2025). Indeed, this philosophy aligns with the NHS 10-year plan which acknowledges the intolerable and detrimental health outcomes of polarised groups in UK society, with clear objectives set out to tackle inequalities in both access and outcomes (NHS, 2025).
It is anticipated that this study will contribute to our understanding of the importance of measuring the acceptability of delivering health behaviour interventions, amongst NHS clinical staff, delivering evidence-based psychosocial interventions. It is also anticipated the study will distinguish which social determinants of health, correlate to engagement with an NHS-based alcohol care service. It offers new opportunities to reflect on, and review current strategies for delivering on objectives, around ameliorating social inequalities within socially deprived areas (NHS, 2025). It may also highlight a need for more research to evaluate prospective improvement opportunities to reduce health inequalities, for those patient groups who are not engaging with such services.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Misuse, Alcohol Use Disorder, Behaviour Change, Health Behaviour, Brief Intervention, Outcome Assessment
- Medical subject headings
- Alcoholism, Problem Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical ataff who delivered psychosocial interventions and staff who engaged with the service | The participants for part 1 will be identified by the former service lead, who still works in the Trust. A list of all the clinical staff who worked in the alcohol care service will be provided to the Chief Investigator, in order to facilitate contact, with prospective participants. This will be done via email correspondence on Trust computers, to work-based email addresses, to ensure that all correspondence within the study, is protected by Trust IT security. Part 2: The data pertaining to the patient contacts between September 2023 and December 2024, will be screened by the NHS England MESH team to determine if any patients have opted out of sharing their data for research purposes. Once confirmed, the residual data between September 2023 and December 2024 will then be reviewed for inclusion in the data analysis. That is, given that data is captured from a single-time point, for each data set (i.e. there is no intervention follow-up data to compare against). |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Acceptability of delivering psychosocial interventions & social determinants of access to an NHS-led Alcohol-Care service.
Directed Content Analysis (DCA) will be used to analyse data from the outputs of the TFA-based questionnaire regarding the acceptability of interventions (Hsieh et al., 2005; Sekhon., et al, 2022).
Descriptive statistics will be used to describe the current patient contact data from patients who engaged with the service during September 2023 and December 2024.
Measured: Anticipated to be no longer than 3 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 May 2026
- Study start1 May 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion1 Jun 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion10 Jun 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Alcohol MisuseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 2,000 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Christopher Gray, Chief Investigator, Principal investigator, East Lancashire NHS-Health Trust
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07580378
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- DEV116
- Status last verified
- Apr 2026
- First submitted
- 5 May 2026
- Last updated
- 12 May 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 12 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Mixed-methods Study Exploring the Acceptability of Psychosocial Interventions and Social Determinants of Engagement With an NHS-led Alcohol Care Service.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07580378
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- DEV116
- Conditions
- Alcohol Misuse, Alcohol Use Disorder, Behaviour Change, Health Behaviour, Brief Intervention, Outcome Assessment
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 2,000 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 May 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 1 Jun 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 10 Jun 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 12 May 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This is a mixed-methods study consisting of a qualitative assessment the acceptability of psychosocial interventions, delivered by clinical staff. The study will also investigate the correlation between demographic variables and engagement with a North West England, NHS-led, alcohol care service, amongst the patient population.
Detailed description
The study will initially consists of a qualitative element assessing the acceptability of psychosocial interventions from the ITEP Manual, delivered by clinical staff, utilising a tailored version of the evidence-based, generic theoretical framework of acceptability questionnaire (Sekhon et al., 2022). This meets the ontological epistemology of a qualitative approach, based upon by its' focus on elicitation of subjective experience, perceptions and effort, in relation to the acceptability of delivering psychosocial interventions (Tombs and Strange, 2024). Assessing this is of particularly importance, as whilst the ITEP Manual has a strong evidence base for successful behaviour change, measures of acceptability regarding delivery are less well evidenced and have been postulated to influence clinicians' readiness to initiate behaviour change conversations, prospectively affecting patient outcomes (Bull et al., 2021).
The study will also investigate the correlation between demographic variables and engagement with a North West England, NHS-led, alcohol care service, amongst the patient population. Measures of interest will be based on existing, routinely captured data, including alcohol consumption (Audit-C/ AUDIT scores), and demographic variables of age, gender and socioeconomic status. Engagement can be defined in this case, as patient contact with the service, which might lead to referral to treatment and onward referral (although these latter variables are outside the scope of the current study). The social determinants of health are known to contribute to poorer outcomes, hence identification of those not engaging with such services, offers new opportunities to improve population health (Fraser et al., 2022; Hiam, 2025). Indeed, this philosophy aligns with the NHS 10-year plan which acknowledges the intolerable and detrimental health outcomes of polarised groups in UK society, with clear objectives set out to tackle inequalities in both access and outcomes (NHS, 2025).
It is anticipated that this study will contribute to our understanding of the importance of measuring the acceptability of delivering health behaviour interventions, amongst NHS clinical staff, delivering evidence-based psychosocial interventions. It is also anticipated the study will distinguish which social determinants of health, correlate to engagement with an NHS-based alcohol care service. It offers new opportunities to reflect on, and review current strategies for delivering on objectives, around ameliorating social inequalities within socially deprived areas (NHS, 2025). It may also highlight a need for more research to evaluate prospective improvement opportunities to reduce health inequalities, for those patient groups who are not engaging with such services.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical ataff who delivered psychosocial interventions and staff who engaged with the service | – | –The participants for part 1 will be identified by the former service lead, who still works in the Trust. A list of all the clinical staff who worked in the alcohol care service will be provided to the Chief Investigator, in order to facilitate contact, with prospective participants. This will be done via email correspondence on Trust computers, to work-based email addresses, to ensure that all correspondence within the study, is protected by Trust IT security. Part 2: The data pertaining to the patient contacts between September 2023 and December 2024, will be screened by the NHS England MESH team to determine if any patients have opted out of sharing their data for research purposes. Once confirmed, the residual data between September 2023 and December 2024 will then be reviewed for inclusion in the data analysis. That is, given that data is captured from a single-time point, for each data set (i.e. there is no intervention follow-up data to compare against). |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 67 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Part 1: The participants for part 1 will be identified by the former service lead, who still works in the Trust. A list of all the clinical staff who worked in the alcohol care service will be provided to the Chief Investigator, in order to facilitate contact, with prospective participants. Part 2: Patients who had contact with the East Lancashire NHS-Health Trust alcohol-care service, between September 2023 and December 2024 (but who have not opted-out of their data being utilised for research purposes).
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Clinical staff who worked in the ELHT alcohol care service, and received training in the delivery of psychosocial interventions using the ITEP Manual, and who are still employed by ELHT in other roles (following de-commissioning of the alcohol care service).
- Patient data under part 2 of the study, who have not opted to have their data removed, in accordance with the NHS MESH, opt out scheme.
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Clinical staff who worked in the ELHT alcohol care service, but who no longer work for the trust, or are retired.
- Clinical staff who did not receive training in the delivery of psychosocial interventions.
- Any patient data under part 2 of the study, who have opted to have their data removed for use, under the NHS MESH protocols.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Acceptability of delivering psychosocial interventions & social determinants of access to an NHS-led Alcohol-Care service.
Time frame: Anticipated to be no longer than 3 months
Directed Content Analysis (DCA) will be used to analyse data from the outputs of the TFA-based questionnaire regarding the acceptability of interventions (Hsieh et al., 2005; Sekhon., et al, 2022). Descriptive statistics will be used to describe the current patient contact data from patients who engaged with the service during September 2023 and December 2024.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 12 May 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Christopher Gray, Chief Investigator principal investigator
East Lancashire NHS-Health Trust
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorder, run by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Michelle Stephens, Trust Sponsor (UK: 07976 152397, research.sponsorship@elht.nhs.uk), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Acceptability of delivering psychosocial interventions & social determinants of access to an NHS-led Alcohol-Care service. (time frame: Anticipated to be no longer than 3 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 May 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.