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BPD app trial halted: what happened?
NCT ID NCT06601907
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested alivis, a smartphone app that teaches coping skills for borderline personality disorder (BPD). It was designed for people aged 18-65 with BPD, who used the app alongside their usual treatment. The goal was to see if the app reduces BPD symptoms, depression, and anxiety. However, the trial was terminated early, so we don't have clear results on its effectiveness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- alivis digital health application
- What this could lead to
- If it had succeeded, this could point toward a convenient, app-based way to help manage BPD symptoms alongside usual care.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early, so results are not available. Digital interventions may not work for everyone, and this was an unguided program.
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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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286 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 65 years
- 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: * Diagnosis of BPD * Borderline severity score (cut-off) of ≥ 1.07 on the BSL-23 * Stable treatment (e.g., psychotherapy, medication, no treatment) for at least 30 days at the time of inclusion * Consent to emergency plan for suicidal crises * Consent to participation * Sufficient knowledge of the German language Exclusion Criteria: * Plans to change treatment (e.g., psychotherapy, medication) in the upcoming 6 months after inclusion * Comorbid diagnosis of substance use disorder * Lifetime diagnosis of psychotic disorder like schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (except non-transitory paranoid ideas that can be concomitant with BPD and in which the ability to test reality is mostly preserved) * Diagnosis of a physical condition that can cause serious psychiatric symptoms * Acute decompensation of mental health symptoms, e.g. acute manic state or acute suicidality * BMI \< 15 * Current psychiatric day-care or inpatient treatment * Prior use of the digital intervention priovi
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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GAIA
Hamburg, 22085, Germany
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