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Can a phone app tame pain and booze? small study says maybe.

NCT ID NCT06281821

Symptom relief Sponsor: Boston University Charles River Campus Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Completed This study
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Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested a smartphone app designed to help people who have both chronic pain and heavy drinking habits. Researchers wanted to see if the app was easy and acceptable to use, especially for people in rural areas. The study involved 32 participants who used the app for 8 weeks with weekly coaching. It was a small, early-stage study focused on feasibility, not on proving the app works.

What this could mean

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

Active substance
smartphone app with coaching
What this could lead to
If successful, this could point toward a simple, accessible way to help people manage both chronic pain and heavy drinking.
What could go wrong
This was a very small, early feasibility study with only 32 participants. It was not designed to prove the app works, only that it is acceptable to use.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

32 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Feb 2024

Finished

Oct 2024

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria * 1 Heavy drinking by NIAAA guidelines (weekly limits \[\> 7 standard drinks for women or men age 65+, \> 14 for men younger than 65\], and/or a heavy drinking episode in the past month \[\>3 for women or men age 65+, \> 4 for men younger than 65\]) or by a positive USAUDIT-C score * 2 Chronic pain \[at least 3 months in duration\] of at least moderate severity (4 or greater on the Numerical Pain Rating Scale from 0-10) Exclusion Criteria: * 1 If on medication for pain or alcohol, not on same dose for at least 2 months \[Note: Participants who are on psychoactive medications for pain management may be included if they have a stable (at least 2 months) medication dose and state a willingness to continue use of medication as prescribed by their physician through the intervention phase\] * 2 Patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, other psychotic disorder, or current suicidal intent. * 3 Prior history of withdrawal-related seizures or delirium tremens * 4 Current non-pharmacological treatment for alcohol use disorder or chronic pain. * 5 Any acute life-threatening illness that requires treatment or intend to have surgery for a pain-related condition in the next 6-months * 6 Pain that is related to a current cancer diagnosis * 7 Patients who are unable to provide one or more individuals who will likely know where they are at follow up * 8 Individuals who do not have a smartphone with which they can use to complete the remote study procedures.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Alcohol Drinking Chronic Pain chronic pain syndrome

As listed by the trial registrant

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Alcohol drinking Chronic pain

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Boston University

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

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