Education and Training

The Anchor Study: Digitally Delivered Intervention for Reducing Problematic Substance Use

This study aims to validate W-SUDs as a digitally-delivered substance use disorder program through a fully-powered randomized control trial that will test the comparative efficacy of the mobile-app based substance use disorder program (W-SUDs) to reduce substance use relative to a psychoeducation control condition, which has no cognitive behavioral therapy and the content is not delivered through a conversational user interface.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • device: W-SUDs
  • other: Digitally-delivered Psychoeducation

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   1. Have a smartphone

   2. Endorse a substance use concern

   3. Be between 18 and 65 years of age

   4. Be available and committed to engage with the Woebot app

   5. Be literate in English. (This is required for inclusion because all materials will be
   in English).

Exclusion Criteria:

   1. Pregnancy (as W-SUDs will not be specifically developed to address the unique needs of
   this population)

   2. Suicide attempt within the past year (12 months)

   3. Symptoms of severe drug/alcohol history: History of delirium tremens; Experiencing
   hypertension, drenching sweats, seizures or confusion after stopping alcohol or drugs;
   Liver trouble (cirrhosis or hepatitis); Convulsions or GI bleeding due to drug/alcohol
   use

   4. Opioid overdose within the past year (12 months)

   5. Opioid misuse without medication-assisted treatment

   6. Not residing in the U.S.

   7. Previous Woebot use

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years - 65 Years

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Not Recruiting