Smartphone app aims to curb dangerous Alcohol-Opioid mix in young adults
NCT ID NCT07663448
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a smartphone app designed to help young adults aged 18 to 25 who want to reduce their combined use of alcohol and opioids. The app sends timely tips based on users' daily reports. The goal is to see if the app is usable, satisfying, and worth testing in larger studies.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mHealth intervention (smartphone app with micro-interventions)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this app could offer a convenient, low-cost way to help young adults cut back on combined alcohol and opioid use.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage pilot with only 30 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The app's effectiveness depends on user engagement and willingness to change.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 to 25 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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. Ages 18 to 25 years, inclusive 2. Self-report interest in reducing their alcohol-opioid co-use - outside a research study, people who do not wish to change their co-use are unlikely to download and use an mHealth app designed to reduce co-use. It is important to recruit participants who most closely resemble the intended users of the eventual mHealth intervention. This is defined as reporting any alcohol-opioid co-use goal (i.e., not selecting "No goal" in response to the alcohol-opioid co-use goal question at the screening visit). 3. Self-report engaging in simultaneous alcohol-opioid co-use (i.e., use of both substances within two hours) ≥ 1 day/week on average in the past 28 days (i.e., at least 4 co-use events in the past 28 days). This requirement will ensure that we observe sufficient use episodes where the pharmacological effects of alcohol and opioids overlap to evaluate project aims. 4. Able to understand written and oral instructions in English, communicate understanding of the consent form, and provide written informed consent. 5. Complete all assessments required at screening. 6. Agree to the schedule of visits, verbally acknowledge that he/she/they will be able to attend each scheduled visit, participate in phone visits and that he/she/they does not have any already scheduled events or a job that may substantially interfere with study participation. 7. Own a smartphone with data plan. Almost all participants (98%) in our preliminary work owned a smartphone with data plan. 8. Currently reside in the United States of America. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or nursing 2. Current suicidality 3. History of psychosis
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
RECRUITINGProvidence, Rhode Island, 02912, United States
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