{"id":9493,"date":"2023-02-16T13:53:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/?p=9493"},"modified":"2025-07-30T12:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:25:29","slug":"lutilisation-du-numerique-en-addictologie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/lutilisation-du-numerique-en-addictologie\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital therapy: hope for a new complementary approach in the fight against addictive disorders."},"content":{"rendered":"

Today in France, over 99% of the population aged 15 <\/strong>or more have a telephone, fixed or mobile (source: Insee). Today, the smartphone has numerous functions<\/strong> and has the ability to interact with feedback in real time<\/strong> through its many sensors<\/strong>. In addition, smartphone applications could offer a number of advantages, including new complementarities to treat, among other things<\/strong>, people who are underserved when it comes to health mapping.<\/p>\n

Digital therapies or \"DTx\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Since very recently, a new class of emerging therapies has been tending to complement the so-called \u201ctraditional\u201d drug approaches: the digital therapies<\/strong> or DTx. By definition, these digital therapies provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions that are driven by high-quality software to prevent, support or treat syndromes or diseases (in addition to standard care).<\/p>\n

Recognition as a treatment method by the health authorities, in the same way as a conventional drug, means that these new methods of care can be integrated into the medical system and be reimbursed by insurance companies and social security.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The contribution of digital therapy in the treatment of addiction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Care for a patient suffering from an addiction disorder is based on consultations with a healthcare professional at more or less regular intervals<\/strong>. However, interactions between patient and healthcare professional remain intermittent<\/strong>, which compromises the ability to provide real-time responses to the patient's lifestyle (physical activity, sleep), social interactions and health desires, all of which are known to be factors predictive of relapse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, during this time, the patient may encounter difficulties<\/strong> to remain abstinent and to reconsume their substance when various events occur (stressful situation, social pressure, availability of the substance, lack of motivation, low morale...).<\/p>\n

Cognitive and behavioral therapies are just some of the therapies integrated into digital applications<\/strong>, which provide the patient with training adapted to his or her psychological profile in order to replace inappropriate behaviour with a more appropriate one<\/strong>. The term \u201cdigital\u201d comes into play here, as the therapy is directly available on the user's connected device, enabling them to have access<\/strong> to proposed exercises in addition to its usual medical care.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The medical need is very real: for example, the use of digital technology as a digital companion<\/strong> is essential to boost motivation<\/strong> and then abstinence<\/strong> in this cessation addiction process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

State of the art of digital therapy in addictology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In United States, the opioid crisis<\/strong> has fostered the emergence of new therapeutic and digital solutions<\/strong>. In response to this major public health problem, the American company Pear Therapeutics has launched the fisrt digital treatment<\/strong> of opioid addiction<\/strong> using \u00a0cognitive-behavioral approaches<\/strong> and a system of financial reward<\/strong> to motivate patients to stop using drugs.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, other U.S. companies focused on developing digital treatments to combat substance dependence<\/strong>. Quit Genius<\/strong> offers a comprehensive 100% virtual assistance program with audio and interactive exercises, as well as Click Therapeutics<\/strong>, which has set up a tobacco monitoring program<\/strong> which provides access to a personalized messaging service and personalizes treatments with artificial intellignece<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the emerging market for digital therapies is very dynamic and has seen many players develop<\/strong> and provide innovative solutions in Europe: German company GAIA offers Vorvida \u00ae, a digital therapy for alcohol addiction,<\/strong> and the Swedish company Alex Therapeutics\u00ae<\/strong> , which has set up QuitSmoking\u00ae<\/strong>, an AI-based nicotine dependence support program.<\/p>\n

A digital therapy soon available in France to stop tobacco addiction!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For several months now, the young French company KLAVA Innovation has been developing a digital therapy medical device<\/strong> for people suffering from smocking.<\/strong> Combined with artificial intelligence, the software application offers personalized support and guidance for each patient\/user. The two objectives of this approach are to help patients in their day-to-day lives, and to provide medical and care teams with additional keys to their clinical practice.<\/p>\n

In the context of a feasibility study<\/strong>, one of KLAVA's objectives is to achieve a first proof of concept (POC) in the AP-HP Paul Brousse addictology department.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Real-world evidence of a digital prescription therapy to treat opioid use disorder, Yuri A Maricich & co, Curr Med Res Opin. 2021 Feb<\/p>\n

Long-term efficacy of a clinician-assisted digital cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for smoking cessation: secondary results of a randomized controlled trial, Jamie Webb & co, Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Oct<\/p>\n

The effectiveness of an Internet-based intervention to reduce alcohol consumption in adults, J\u00f6rdis M Zill and co, Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2019 Feb<\/p>\n

Clinical trial of innovative digital smoking cessation therapy with biochemical verification, clinicaltrials.gov 2022<\/p>\n

Autors:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexia ADDA<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Ivan GASMAN (Psychiatrist)<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aujourd’hui en France, plus de 99\u00a0% de la population \u00e2g\u00e9e de 15 ans ou plus est \u00e9quip\u00e9e d’un t\u00e9l\u00e9phone, fixe ou mobile (source : Insee). Aujourd’hui, le smartphone dispose de nombreuses fonctionnalit\u00e9s et a la capacit\u00e9 d’interagir avec des retours en temps r\u00e9el via ses nombreux capteurs. De plus, les applications pour smartphones pourraient pr\u00e9senter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9493"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10861,"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9493\/revisions\/10861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klava-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}