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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| HabitAware Participants | Experimental | Patients will be asked to wear the HabitAwareness bracelet for 12 weeks. The bracelet provides the attention stimulus of gentle vibration when the motion of nail biting is sensed. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HabitAware group | Device | 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. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Mean Change in Nail Biting Behavior as Measured by Number of Patient Reported Vibrations a Day | baseline; 4 weeks; 8 weeks; 12 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Change in nail length in millimeters | Monthly for 3 months | |
| Change in nail health as measured by Malone-Massler Scale For Nail Biting | The lowest score is 0 meaning nails not bitten, free margin intact; the highest score is 3+ meaniing nails are severely bitten, fingernails bitten beyond free edge; nail margin below soft tissue border |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Axler, BS | Contact | 6469623376 | eda4007@med.cornell.edu | |
| Amit Singal, BA | Contact | 2019144096 |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Shari Lipner, MD, PhD | Professor of Clinical Dermatology | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weill Cornell Department of Dermatology | Recruiting | New York | New York | 10022 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37305101 | Background | Stiede JT, Woods DW, Idnani AK, Pritchard J, Klobe K, Kumar S. Pilot trial of a technology assisted treatment for trichotillomania. J Obsessive Compuls Relat Disord. 2022 Apr;33:100726. doi: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2022.100726. Epub 2022 Apr 29. |
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All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after de-identification
Immediately following publication. no end date
Anyone who wishes to access the data
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D009259 | Nail Biting |
| ID | Term |
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| D006184 | Habits |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| baseline; 3 months |