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Cash for clean breath: can remote monitoring help beat alcohol addiction?

NCT ID NCT03883126

Disease control Sponsor: Mikhail N Koffarnus Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Summary

This study tests whether giving people with alcohol use disorder monetary rewards for submitting breathalyzer tests that show no alcohol can help them stay abstinent. Participants use a smartphone app and a breathalyzer at home. The goal is to see if this remote approach works as well as in-person programs, especially for underserved communities.

What this could mean

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

Active substance
monetary incentives
What this could lead to
If it works, this could provide a practical, scalable way to help people with alcohol use disorder reduce or stop drinking using remote monitoring and rewards.
What could go wrong
This is a behavioral intervention, not a medication or cure. Success depends on participants' motivation and the incentive structure, and results may not apply to everyone with alcohol use disorder.

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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.

Participants

211 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jun 2020

Expected to finish

Aug 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

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 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-5 criteria for alcohol use disorder * Average 3 or more heavy drinking days (≥5 drinks in one occasion for men, ≥4 for women) per week for the past month on the Timeline Follow-back. * Must endorse alcohol as their primary drug of use. * Express a desire to abstain from drinking. Exclusion Criteria: * Are currently enrolled in an alcohol treatment program (not including attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous or similar community support meetings). * Score 23 or greater on the Alcohol Withdrawal Symptom Checklist, a score indicating that medication would be likely required to manage alcohol detoxification. * Pregnant women, lactating women, or women who are planning to become pregnant in the next 15 months.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

alcohol abuse

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Alcohol use disorder

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Carilion Clinic: In person-enrollment

    Roanoke, Virginia, 24014, United States

  • Nationwide Online Enrollment from the Unversity of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40504, United States

  • University of Kentucky Turfland: In-person enrollment

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40504, United States

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