Recruiting

Habit Awareness Device

Sponsor:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Code:

NCT06111729

Conditions

Nail Biting

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

HabitAware group

Study Details

Brief summary:

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

Study ID

NCT06111729

Start date

Jan 24, 2023

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion 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

Exclusion Criteria:

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.

Study Design

Enrollment

10 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: HabitAware Participants

Patients will be asked to wear the HabitAwareness bracelet for 12 weeks. The bracelet provides the attention stimulus of gentle vibration when the motion of nail biting is sensed.

Interventions

HabitAware group

A device that provides gentle vibration when the motion of nail biting is sensed will be provided to all participants. Participants will use an app that connects to the device to track the frequency of their nail biting over the study period.

Primary outcome measure

  • Mean Change in Nail Biting Behavior as Measured by Number of Patient Reported Vibrations a Day [ Time Frame: baseline; 4 weeks; 8 weeks; 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Eden Axler, BS

6469623376eda4007@med.cornell.edu

Amit Singal, BA

2019144096

Locations

Weill Cornell Department of Dermatology

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10022

Contacts

Shari Lipner, MD, PhD

shl9032@med.cornell.edu

Eden Axler, BS

eda4007@med.cornell.edu

Principal Investigator:

Shari Lipner, MD, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Last update posted

Apr 21, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Weill Medical College of Cornell University on 2026-04-21.