Can a smartphone app boost opioid treatment success?
NCT ID NCT06212557
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a mobile app called KIOS that gives personalized advice and support to people receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Over 12 weeks, 116 participants will either use the app plus standard counseling or just standard counseling. The goal is to see if the app helps them stay in treatment and reduce opioid use.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- KIOS mobile app
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a convenient, on-demand tool to help people stick with medication-assisted treatment and reduce opioid use.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial (116 participants) testing a behavioral app, not a drug. Results may not apply broadly, and the app's benefit over standard counseling is uncertain.
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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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116 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2024
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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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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. Male or female outpatients 18 years of age or older 2. Patients must be able to communicate meaningfully with the investigator and must be legally competent to provide written informed consent. 3. DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition) criteria for opioid use disorder 4. Ability to access KIOS via smartphone or tablet 5. Recently (less than 6 months) enrolled in and currently participating in MOUD at a clinic in Texas Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unwilling or unable to comply with study requirements 2. Psychiatric or medical disorder interfering with ability to use the app 3. Incarceration
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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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University of Texas Health Science Center - Department of Psychiatry
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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