PHOENIX: Craving Management Smartphone Application

Launched by CENTRE HOSPITALIER ST ANNE · Nov 17, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

The PHOENIX clinical trial is looking at how effective a smartphone app, called the PHOENIX application, can be in helping people manage cravings related to addictive disorders. This study will also include follow-up support from nurses. The aim is to see if combining this app with nursing support can help people better cope with their cravings while they are being treated as outpatients.

To be eligible for the trial, you need to be between 18 and 65 years old, speak and read French, and own a smartphone. Participants should have a diagnosed addictive disorder, such as substance use or gambling problems, and must be receiving care as outpatients. It's important to note that people with untreated severe mental health issues or severe cognitive impairments, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and those already involved in another clinical trial cannot participate. If you join, you can expect to use the app with support from healthcare professionals to help manage your cravings effectively.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Being 18 and 65 years old, any sex
• • Speak and read French
• • Have a Smartphone (Android operating system or IOS)
• • Present an evaluated addictive disorder in a structured clinical interview (MINI, adapted to the criteria of DSM-5: substance use disorder according to DSM-5 and bulimia nervosa; National Opinion DSM Screen (NODS), adapted to the criteria of DSM-5: pathological gambling; NODS, adapted to the diagnostic criteria proposed by Carnes: sexual addiction ; MINI)
• • Be followed on an outpatient basis
• • Prior informed written consent of the patient or his or her legal representative
• • Benefit from a French social protection system
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Have a current untreated and/or unstabilized psychiatric disorder (assessed by MINI)
• • Have a severe cognitive impairment assessed during the clinical interview, which does not allow you to focus your attention or use the working memory required by the application.
• • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
• • Participant in another clinical trial