Habit Awareness Device for Treatment of Onychophagia

Description

This clinical trial wants to find out if using a special bracelet that vibrates gently whenever someone with a nail-biting problem bites their nails can help them stop. The investigators are looking at adults who bite their nails a lot. If this bracelet works, it could make nail-biters bite their nails less and have a better life. The main question the investigators are trying to answer is: "Does the gentle vibration from the bracelet make people bite their nails less?" The investigators will give participants a bracelet that vibrates when it senses nail-biting for 12 weeks. Participants will need to download an app that connects to the bracelet. This app will help the investigators keep track of how often participants get these vibration signals and see if nail-biting decreases while using the bracelet.

Conditions

Nail Biting

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Study overview

This clinical trial wants to find out if using a special bracelet that vibrates gently whenever someone with a nail-biting problem bites their nails can help them stop. The investigators are looking at adults who bite their nails a lot. If this bracelet works, it could make nail-biters bite their nails less and have a better life. The main question the investigators are trying to answer is: "Does the gentle vibration from the bracelet make people bite their nails less?" The investigators will give participants a bracelet that vibrates when it senses nail-biting for 12 weeks. Participants will need to download an app that connects to the bracelet. This app will help the investigators keep track of how often participants get these vibration signals and see if nail-biting decreases while using the bracelet.

Habit Awareness Device for Treatment of Onychophagia

Habit Awareness Device for Treatment of Onychophagia

Condition
Nail Biting
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

New York

Weill Cornell Department of Dermatology, New York, New York, United States, 10022

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

  • 1. Patients diagnosed with onychophagia
  • 2. Must understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form
  • 3. Must be aged 18-95 years at the time of consent
  • 4. Must be able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
  • 1. Subject is unable to provide written informed consent for any reason.
  • 2. Subject is sensitive or allergic to any of the elements included in this study.
  • 3. Subject is unable to complete the required pain dairy.
  • 4. Subject is pregnant, planning pregnancy, or nursing.
  • 5. Subject does not have a compatible personal device with either IOS 13.0 or greater or Android version 6.0 or greater.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 95 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Weill Medical College of Cornell University,

Shari Lipner, MD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Professor of Clinical Dermatology

Study Record Dates

2025-05