Demonstration of a Digital Care Program for Methamphetamine Use Disorder

The project includes a clinical trial that will assemble data on the functionality of the app in engaging patients and delivering treatment components and related services, using outputs to guide rapid refinements of the app's functions (e.g., active and passive data collection, patient inference engine, triggers for clinician actions, user interfaces). The project will analyze these and other aspects of the app and program to assess their associations with patient engagement, participation, and retention, providing indication of the overall program's clinical utility. Aim 1. Confirm the technical merit and feasibility of the Affect app and its delivery of the Affect digital care program in real-world practice based on results from the clinical trial. Aim 2. Identify components of the Affect app and the Affect digital care program that correlate with patient engagement, participation, retention, and changes in methamphetamine use. Aim 3. Use results to iteratively refine the Affect app and care program to improve treatment of MUD toward substantiating commercialization. Demonstrating the technical merit, feasibility, and clinical utility of the Affect app and digital care platform could lead to improved clinical care for the 1.6 million people in the nation who need treatment for MUD. Results of this project have high potential to inform additional work to advance commercializability of the Affect program and its app, which would increase access to affordable, effective care for those who never receive treatment among the 2 million in need. If technical merit is demonstrated and the program is shown to be feasible and effective in retaining participants in treatment, the Affect app will be an important element in efficiently achieving optimum patient outcomes at reasonable cost.