Can a sleep app help opioid recovery? new study aims to find out

NCT ID NCT06157840

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study is testing a smartphone app designed to help people who are starting medication for opioid use disorder get better sleep. The app uses proven sleep therapy techniques and daily sleep diaries. Researchers will enroll 40 adults who are stable on buprenorphine and have poor sleep. The main goal is to see if people find the app easy to use and stick with it for 6 weeks.

What this could mean

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

Active substance

mHealth application based on cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia

What this could lead to

If it works, this could provide a practical, app-based tool to help people in opioid recovery get better sleep, which may support their overall treatment.

What could go wrong

This is a very small, early-stage feasibility study with only 40 participants. It is designed to see if people will use the app, not yet to prove it improves health outcomes.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

opiate dependence

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

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Locations

  • Medical University of South Carolina

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    Charleston, South Carolina, 29464, United States

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