An App to Reduce Cannabis Use Among Emerging Adults

Cannabis Use Clinical Trial

Official title:

Pilot Project 1. Feasibility Pilot of a JITAI to Reduce Cannabis Use Among Emerging Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05824754
• Other study ID #: HUM00222194
• Secondary ID: 5P50DA054039-02
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 21, 2024
• Est. completion date: December 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: Inbal B Nahum-Shani, PhD
• Phone: 734-660-9626
• Email: inbal[@]umich.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is being completed to pilot prevention methods to promote wellness and reduce risky behaviors, including the use of substances such as cannabis. This study will help researchers learn about ways of delivering this information that is both appealing and helpful to young adults who use mobile apps.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: December 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Reside in the US
• Speak and read English
• Have a smartphone on which the app can be downloaded
• Screen positive for cannabis use 3 or more times each week over the past month
• Report motivation to change cannabis as 1 or higher (using scale of 0-10)
• Meet Study verification criteria (i.e., use of CAPTCHA, IP address checks)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Use of Medical Cannabis
• Failure to meet study verification criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cannabis Use
• Marijuana Abuse

Intervention

Other:
• Just-In-Time-Adaptive-Intervention (JITAI)
Behavioral: MiWaves behavioral messages Participants will be using the MiWaves mobile app for 30 days. When a participant is assigned to receive a message, a message will be randomly selected from a pool of intervention message sets. Messages are based in motivational interviewing and include affect management and behavioral economic strategies.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	App Feasibility	% of participants who consented to the study who download the MiWaves app.	1 month
Primary	App Acceptability	Participants will complete acceptability ratings for the MiWaves app within their post-test assessment (percent with positive rating).	1 month