Smartphone-based Intervention for Young Adults With ADHD
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Traci Kennedy
- Where
- Pittsburgh, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 70 people, planned
- Started
- 15 Jul 2026
- Expected to end
- 1 May 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a sham (pretend) treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Ecological Momentary Assessment for ADHD and Substance Use - Intervention Group
- Ecological Momentary Assessment for ADHD & Substance Use - Control Group
- Record updated
- 18 August 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 25 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age 18-25
- Current diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder-Combined Type according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fifth Edition (DSM 5)
- Drinks at least 4 (for females) / 5 (for males) alcoholic drinks in a single drinking session at least once per week
- Owns a smartphone
- Reads and understands English
Who cannot take part
- Actively in treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder
- Currently in high school
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 25 years old?
Where in United States
- University of PittsburghPittsburgh, United StatesContact: Traci Kennedy, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The primary goal of this clinical trial is to test if a smartphone-based intervention is feasible \& acceptable among young adults with ADHD who also engage in risky drinking behaviors. A secondary aim is to test preliminary intervention efficacy. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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Is the smartphone intervention feasible \& acceptable for participants (e.g., are they responding regularly, is there a low level of burden reported)?
Does the smartphone intervention improve symptom awareness, inhibitory control, and problematic alcohol use?
Participants will:
Attend a virtual baseline visit to assess ADHD, alcohol use, and other life experiences.
Complete either the TIPS smartphone intervention or a control smartphone protocol over the course of 31-days, starting the first Friday after the baseline visit.
Attend a virtual follow-up visit, where many of the same questions from the baseline visit will be asked again.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Intervention ArmTreatment being tested
Participants in this arm will be randomly assigned to the Experimental condition of the smartphone portion.
Treatment: Ecological Momentary Assessment for ADHD and Substance Use - Intervention Group
- Control ArmSham treatment, for comparison
Participants in this arm will be randomly assigned to the Control condition of the smartphone portion.
Treatment: Ecological Momentary Assessment for ADHD & Substance Use - Control Group
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Training Inhibitory Control Using Personalized Strategies (TIPS): A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial of a Smartphone-Based Intervention for Alcohol Use in Young Adults With ADHD
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07654205, who can take part
- Record updated
- 18 August 2026