Phone app uses GPS to fight opioid relapse
NCT ID NCT05336188
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a smartphone app can help people on medication for opioid use disorder stay drug-free. The app tracks location and sends alerts when users enter high-risk areas. Researchers will also use brain scans to understand why some people do better than others. The goal is to reduce relapse and improve treatment.
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Study facts
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- 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 336 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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
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Inclusion Criteria: * Sex: male or female * Age: 18 years and older * (MRI sub-study): Age: 18-50 years old * In Phase I treatment of MAT for opioid-use disorder. (Phase I indicates that patient is receiving no more than one week of take-home medications at each weekly clinic visit.) * Must be willing to use a smartphone if randomized to the smartphone intervention arm * (MRI sub-study): Native English-speaking Exclusion Criteria: * (MRI) Medical history: A history of neurological, cardiovascular, or infectious disease would exclude study participation. A loss of consciousness of 20 or more min or other evidence of brain trauma also would be exclusionary. * (MRI) Pregnancy: A positive test for pregnancy prior to fMRI would exclude participation, due to unknown effect of high-field MRI on developing fetus. * (MRI) MRI contraindications: Exclusion criteria for MRI include (1) the presence of non-removable internal (e.g., cardiac pacemakers, aneurysm clips, artificial joints) or external (e.g., piercings, orthodontics) ferromagnetic objects; (2) claustrophobia in a confined MRI environment; (3) medications that interfere with hemodynamic coupling (e.g., beta blockers); (4) hypersensitivity to loud noise; or (5) a body circumference exceeding 60cm due to broad shoulders or morbid obesity
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brain Imaging Research Center
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72227, United States
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