Recruiting

Digital Recovery Support

Sponsor:

Brandeis University

Code:

NCT07724275

Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorder

Recovery Outcomes

Digital Health

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Digital recovery support services

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if digital recovery support services (such as smartphone app) help to support alcohol recovery. We focus on a community of Black and African American people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) who receive in-person recovery support services from a recovery community center.

Participants will:

  • Have an initial 2-hour in-person visit with the research team. During this visit, participants will be asked about themselves and their recovery from alcohol problems. They will also learn about digital recovery resources.
  • Use digital recovery resources on their own for 12 weeks.
  • Complete a short, weekly survey about their experience using digital recovery resources.
  • Have a follow-up 1-hour in-person visit where the researcher asks about again about the participants, their recovery and how they felt about using the digital recovery support services.

Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorder

Recovery Outcomes

Digital Health

Study ID

NCT07724275

Start date

Jun 13, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Able to communicate in English and read at an 8th grade reading level.
2. Able to read and sign an informed consent form.
3. Comfortable with smartphone technology or willing and able to learn.
4. Identify as Black or African American.
5. Is an adult over the age of 18.
6. Is in recovery from alcohol problems for at least 3 months and no more than 5 years.
7. Is receiving in-person recovery support services at our partner recovery community center at the time of screening and enrollment.
8. Willing to receive and respond to weekly texts with a survey link for brief assessments, and complete two in-person research assessments (baseline and 13-week).

Exclusion Criteria:

Does not meet inclusion criteria

Study Design

Enrollment

65 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: TAU + DRSS

At the initial in-person visit, participants will complete a structured interview of baseline assessments and will be provided with a menu of digital recovery support services (D-RSS) to participants, technical assistance, and a phone and data plan (if needed). The research team will discuss the D-RSS menu with the participants and guide them through app installation and use. Following the initial visit, it is up to the participants to engage with the D-RSS. We will send a text survey 1 week after the visit, and each week thereafter for 12 weeks, that assesses their engagement with in-person recovery supports, D-RSS, and their current recovery status. The 3-month visit will be scheduled in the week following the last (week 12) text survey, at which participants will meet with research staff for a final in-person assessment.

Interventions

Digital recovery support services

The primary intervention is the provision of a menu of digital recovery support services (D-RSS) to participants, along with a phone and data plan (if needed) and technical assistance. We have created a menu of D-RSS options that have been vetted by our team as appropriate for a range of recovery goals (e.g., manage emotions, track sobriety, connect with others) and for a range of technological literacy, as well as being culturally relevant or at minimum culturally agnostic. Types of D-RSS presented to participants include mobile applications, websites, and video playlists, all of which relate to and support addiction recovery. Participants also may use other D-RSS that they identify.

Primary outcome measure

  • Usability and Acceptability of D-RSS [ Time Frame: At the end of the trial (13 weeks) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Audrey Hildebrandt

781-736-8657ahildebrandt@brandeis.edu

Locations

Detroit Recovery Project

Recruiting

Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48208

Contacts

Research Manager

313-365-3100upwardproject@brandeis.edu

Senior Project Manager

781-736-8657ahildebrandt@brandeis.edu

Principal Investigator:

Sharon Reif, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Brandeis University

Last update posted

Jul 24, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • alcohol use disorder
  • recovery
  • digital recovery support services
  • Black population
  • African American population

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Brandeis University on 2026-07-24.