Emotional Brain Training for Addiction Medicine Treatment - A Pilot Study

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether Emotional Brain Training (EBT), a behavioral modification method, can help manage stress and health problems related to addiction. EBT teaches skills to deactivate harmful circuits (automatic reactions) and activate healing circuits to quickly shift mood from negative to positive. Participants in the EBT group will receive focused, intensive instruction on using these skills to rewire unwanted brain circuits, with the aim of achieving lasting improvements in emotional health and quality of life. The study will assess whether EBT is an effective tool when added to standard of care (SOC), which includes medications for addiction treatment (MAT). Researchers will compare changes in stress, anxiety, and cravings after 8 weeks of EBT plus SOC versus SOC alone. Participants: * will either continue receiving standard treatments (SOC) at the Addiction Recovery Clinic (ARC) at SAC Health in San Bernardino * or receive both EBT and SOC at ARC * in the SOC group will continue monthly visits at ARC and weekly counseling * in the EBT plus SOC group will continue monthly visits and weekly counseling at ARC, along with weekly EBT group sessions by telephone * will complete online assessments at weeks 0, 4, and 8 Upon completion of the study, all participants will resume SOC

NCT Number	NCT07001371
Lead Sponsor	Loma Linda University Collaborators: University of California, San Francisco, Social Action for Health
Conditions	Cannabis Use Disorder, Stimulant Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder, Tobacco Use Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder, Sedative, Hypnotic, or Anxiolytic Use Disorders
Enrollment	54 participants
Start Date	2026-08
Primary Completion	2027-07 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-08 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-04-23