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Smartphone Services for Stimulant Use Disorder

Description

This study is testing two approaches to treating Stimulant Use Disorder, or problems with cocaine, crack, methamphetamine, etc. Stimulant Use Disorder is a national epidemic in the U.S. but there is no FDA-approved medication to treat it. There is a behavioral approach that has been found to be the most effective treatment for Stimulant Use Disorder, but this study is testing whether this can be delivered by a smartphone service, remotely, such as at home.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study is testing two approaches to treating Stimulant Use Disorder, or problems with cocaine, crack, methamphetamine, etc. Stimulant Use Disorder is a national epidemic in the U.S. but there is no FDA-approved medication to treat it. There is a behavioral approach that has been found to be the most effective treatment for Stimulant Use Disorder, but this study is testing whether this can be delivered by a smartphone service, remotely, such as at home.

Decentralized Clinical Trial of Contingency Management Digital Therapeutic to Treat Stimulant Use Disorder

Smartphone Services for Stimulant Use Disorder

Condition
Stimulant Use Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Boston

This is an At-Home Study - no travel or on-site visits are needed at all; Main Office: 6 Liberty Sq, #2102, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02109

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adults who are at least 18 years old, speak/read English, have a smartphone, and who meet criteria for Stimulant Use Disorder, active or early remission. If being discharged to outpatient or intensive outpatient care, the patient is eligible.
  • * Unwilling to authorize communication with any treatment provider(s), requiring acute detoxification from alcohol or opioids or residential or hospital treatment, or other obstacle to longitudinal participation in the study.
  • * Currently pregnant

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

DynamiCare Health,

Carla J Rash, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UConn Health

David R Gastfriend, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, DynamiCare Health Inc.

Study Record Dates

2027-08