Can smartphone brain games help older adults in opioid recovery?
NCT ID NCT07153029
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This study looks at whether older adults (55+) in methadone treatment for opioid use disorder can use smartphone-based cognitive games to track and possibly improve their thinking skills. Thirty participants will play short brain-training tasks twice a day for 15 days. The main goal is to see if this approach is practical and acceptable, not yet to prove it 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-based cognitive tasks (NeuroUX)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better ways to monitor and improve thinking skills in older adults recovering from opioid use disorder.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (30 people) testing only feasibility, not effectiveness. The cognitive tasks may not be engaging or useful for everyone, and results may not apply to broader populations.
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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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24 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- 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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55 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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: * age 55 and older * currently in outpatient methadone treatment for opioid use disorder * participant is alert/able to communicate/able to give acceptable answers on the "Evaluation to Sign Consent form * participant has normal or correct to normal vision Exclusion Criteria: * age 54 or younger * not in methadone treatment for opioid use disorder
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UM Addiction Treatment Programs at 1001 West Pratt
Baltimore, Maryland, 21124, United States
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