Can a smartphone app help tame opioid addiction and chronic pain?
NCT ID NCT06947122
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study is testing a smartphone app called Mindful Journey that teaches mindfulness skills. The goal is to see if it is practical and acceptable for adults who are in treatment for opioid use disorder and also have chronic pain. Ten participants will use the app for 8 weeks, and researchers will measure how often they use it and how helpful they find it.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Mindfulness-based smartphone app (Mindful Journey)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a practical, app-based tool to help people manage both opioid use disorder and chronic pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 10 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It focuses on whether the app is usable and acceptable, not on proving it works.
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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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10 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Finished
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Jun 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: * 18 years of age or older * fluent in English * enrollment in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder * report at least bothersome chronic pain, as indicated by Graded Chronic Pain Scale-Revised * has a smartphone. Exclusion Criteria: * self-reporting of chronic malignant pain (e.g., cancer) or systemic inflammatory disease (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, lupus, and sarcoidosis) * self-reporting of psychotic disorder symptoms * participated in the previous phase of the study in which participants provided feedback to inform the development of the Mindful Journey app.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona, 85004, United States
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Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus
Phoenix, Arizona, 85023, United States
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