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Habit Awareness Device for Treatment of Onychophagia

NCT06111729 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2026-04-21

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Summary

This clinical trial wants to find out if using a special bracelet that vibrates gently whenever someone with a nail-biting problem bites their nails can help them stop. The investigators are looking at adults who bite their nails a lot. If this bracelet works, it could make nail-biters bite their nails less and have a better life.

The main question the investigators are trying to answer is: "Does the gentle vibration from the bracelet make people bite their nails less?"

The investigators will give participants a bracelet that vibrates when it senses nail-biting for 12 weeks. Participants will need to download an app that connects to the bracelet. This app will help the investigators keep track of how often participants get these vibration signals and see if nail-biting decreases while using the bracelet.

Conditions

  • Nail Biting

Interventions

DEVICE

HabitAware group

A device that provides gentle vibration when the motion of nail biting is sensed will be provided to all participants. Participants will use an app that connects to the device to track the frequency of their nail biting over the study period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shari Lipner, MD, PhD · Professor of Clinical Dermatology

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-24
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-05-31
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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