New app aims to help heavy drinkers cut back

NCT ID NCT07221383

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION Disease control Sponsor: Yale University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Oct 31, 2025 · Last updated Jun 21, 2026 · Updated 34 times

Summary

This pilot study tests a web-based program called Let's Do Addiction Recovery Together! (LDART) for adults with alcohol use disorder. Participants use the website daily for a month to set recovery goals, watch motivational messages from people in recovery, and learn about local support groups. The study will see if the program is easy to use and whether it helps reduce drinking compared to a control group.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

LDART (Let's Do Addiction Recovery Together!) - a web-based intervention with goal setting, motivational messages, and recovery group info

What this could lead to

If it works, this could provide a low-cost, accessible digital tool to help people with alcohol use disorder cut down or quit drinking.

What could go wrong

This is a small pilot study with only 80 participants, focused on feasibility rather than proof of effectiveness. The results may not apply to everyone, and the intervention relies on daily engagement which may be hard to maintain.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

alcohol abuse

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.