Can a smartphone app tame Alcohol-Related liver disease?
NCT ID NCT06319222
First seen Aug 07, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether a digital clinic, delivered through a smartphone app, can improve health outcomes for people with alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD). Participants' doctors are randomly assigned to refer them to this digital platform in addition to standard care, or to provide standard care alone. The study tracks liver health, alcohol abstinence, and hospitalizations to see if the digital approach helps.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A digital clinic delivered via a smartphone app (RTP application) for managing alcohol-associated liver disease and alcohol use disorder
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this digital clinic could offer a scalable, accessible way to improve liver health and support alcohol abstinence, potentially reducing hospitalizations and healthcare costs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small trial, and the digital approach may not work for everyone. Success depends on patient engagement and technology adoption, and results may not generalize 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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145 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- 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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18 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: * Provider-Hepatology Providers at Mayo Clinic Rochester and Scottsdale * Patient-Age ≥ 18 y.o. * Patient-Alcohol-associated liver disease Exclusion Criteria: * Provider-Providers in other divisions * Patient-Inability to provide consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States
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