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Can a breathing app curb cravings? new study tests 'In-the-Moment' tool
NCT ID NCT02579317
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a paced breathing app could help women with substance use disorder resist triggers in real time. 77 women used the app whenever they felt a craving or faced a trigger. Researchers tracked substance use and feedback to see if the app helped reduce drinking or drug use.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- paced breathing app (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, in-the-moment tool to help people resist urges to drink or use drugs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 77 women from one program. Results may not apply to everyone, and the app's benefit over standard care 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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77 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Nov 2015
- Finished
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Jun 2020
- 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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Female participants only
- 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: * Women over age 18 * Women diagnosed with substance use disorder * Women participating in IOP at Center for Great Expectations, New Brunswick, NJ Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy
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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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Center of Alcohol Studies
Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, United States
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