Improving Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment for Gender Minority Populations
Key facts
- Who runs it
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Where
- New York, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Suspended
- People taking part
- 30 people enrolled
- Started
- 1 Aug 2020
- Ended
- 31 Oct 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Culturally adapted interpersonal psychotherapy
- Record updated
- 22 May 2026
- Why it stopped
- Institutional Research Pause
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 65 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- GM self-identification
- English fluency,
- Current DSM-5 Alcohol use disorder (AUD) (moderate-to-severe)
- AUD treatment-seeking
- Able to give informed consent and comply with study procedures
Who cannot take part
- Severe psychiatric symptoms that would interfere with treatment (e.g., psychosis, active suicidality)
- History of severe alcohol withdrawal (e.g., seizure, delirium tremens)
- Legally mandated to treatment
- Current DSM-5 SUD other than alcohol/nicotine/caffeine/cannabis
Where in United States
- New York State Psychiatric InstituteNew York, United States
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Gender minority (GM; transgender and gender non-conforming) individuals experience disproportionately high rates of hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD) and are an NIH-designated disparity population (NOT-MD-19-001). Despite marked disparities and unique alcohol risk factors, there are no evidence-based alcohol interventions for this population. This study will conduct mixed-methods formative research with an established multi-site longitudinal GM cohort to develop and assess the feasibility of the first culturally-adapted psychosocial treatment intervention for GMs with AUD. The study will evaluate an adapted version of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), with adaptations intended to enhance the responsiveness of IPT to the unique life experiences of GM individuals that may influence alcohol consumption.
The group in the trial
- Culturally adapted interpersonal psychotherapyOther group
Individual psychotherapy intervention based on Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-B) with additional cultural adaptation for transgender and nonbinary individuals.
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 22 May 2026