Can a phone app tame bipolar and addiction together?
NCT ID NCT07556861
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a smartphone app called Senyo Health for people with bipolar disorder who also struggle with alcohol or drug use. The app offers therapy, rewards for healthy behaviors, and weekly check-ins with a care manager. The goal is to see if the app is easy to use and helps reduce substance cravings and improve treatment retention.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Senyo Health App (digital behavioral therapy platform)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this app could provide a convenient, at-home way to help people with bipolar disorder manage substance use and stay in treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study (40 people) focused on usability, not yet on proven health outcomes. The app may not work for everyone or may be hard to use long-term.
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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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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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: 1. Age\>=18 years; 2. History of bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, or schizoaffective disorder of the bipolar type. Can be clinical diagnosis 3. Ability to read, write, and understand English; 4. Minimum DAST (1+) or AUDIT-C score (3+) 5. Access and willingness to use a mobile device for asynchronous (text) and synchronous (video) engagement with care; 6. Eligibility determined by ASAM Assessment as completed by a LADC. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Inability to actively participate in and learn from psychotherapeutic interaction based on clinical evaluation and clinical judgment; 2. Needing a higher level of mental health care as demonstrated by ASAM\[36\] assessment; - completed by LADC or MD investigators 3. Already admitted into or about to initiate treatment in another addiction treatment program. 4. Currently attending High School. (can be 18 though) 5. Pregnancy confirmed by self-report 6. Inability to provide written informed consent. 7. Inability to understand English. 8. Clinically unstable medical disease. 9. Otherwise excluded for administrative reasons and/or clinician judgment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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