Smartphones for Opiate Addiction Recovery

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-85
SponsorNYU Langone Health

About this trial

Treatments for opioid addiction exist, but effectiveness is compromised when subjects use illicit opiates during treatment. Reuse rates during treatment can be high, and reducing illicit opiate use during treatment has thus recently become a major NIDA policy goal. The 5-minute battery indicates the numerical probability that a patient will reuse illicit opiates within the next 7-10 days.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Meet DSM-5 criteria for opioid-use disorder (heroin and/or prescription opioids);

Have entered, or expressed a clear intention to enter, an OUD treatment program that prescribes either methadone or buprenorphine

Any gender;

18 years of age and older;

Disqualifiers

Serious medical, psychiatric or non-opioid substance use disorder that, in the opinion of a study physician, would make study participation hazardous to the participant or compromise study findings or would prevent the participant from completing the study. Examples include: (a) Disabling or terminal medical illness (e.g., uncompensated heart failure, cirrhosis or end-stage liver disease) as assessed by medical history, review of systems, physical exam and/or laboratory assessments;

Severe, untreated or inadequately treated mental disorder (e.g., active psychosis, uncontrolled manic-depressive illness) as assessed by history and/or clinical interview;

Current severe alcohol, benzodiazepine, or other depressant or sedative hypnotic use likely to require a complicated medical detoxification (routine alcohol and sedative detoxifications may be included);

Suicidal or homicidal ideation that requires immediate attention;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Smartphone app

Treatment groups

225 Participants
are divided into 5 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators