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Opioid safety app study pulled before it began

NCT ID NCT04462250

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Recruiting now
This trial is taking on new participants right now.
Not yet recruiting
Registered, but not yet taking participants.
By invitation only
Not open to general applications. Only people the study team invites can take part.
Paused
Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed
The trial has finished. Results may not be published yet.
Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled This study
Cancelled before anyone took part.

Expanded access (not trials)

Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
Expanded access (paused)
Not a trial. The treatment can normally be requested outside a study, but is unavailable right now.
Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study aimed to develop and test a smartphone app to help patients use, store, and dispose of opioid pain medications safely. It planned to include focus groups and a small trial with a reward system. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no data or conclusions are available.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Prescription Opioid Management App (smartphone application)
What this could lead to
If successful, this app could help people use opioid painkillers more safely and reduce the risk of misuse.
What could go wrong
The study was withdrawn before it started, so no results are available. It was only a small feasibility study, so even if completed, it would not prove the app works on a large scale.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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.

Started

Aug 2020

Finished

Feb 2021

Lead sponsor

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

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Has current prescription for opioid medication * Any ethnic group * Served through the following programs of partnering organization: primary medical care, transgender medical care, HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and counseling, LGBTQ services, pre-exposure prophylaxis and post exposure prophylaxis services, health education, clinical research, case management, psychosocial services, nutrition counseling, treatment adherence * Owns an Android-base smartphone Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to provide informed consent * Pregnant women * Currently being treated for/history of mental health or substance use disorder

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • North Jersey Community Research Initiative

    Newark, New Jersey, 07103, United States

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