Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03534167
TODAY! A Mobile App Study
Mobile Phone and Internet-Based Intervention for Vulnerable Youth
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 22 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 14 Years – 24 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The aim of this study is to conduct a small randomized controlled trial (RCT) for a 10-week mobile phone intervention using principles of Cognitive Behavior Therapy to target general and minority stressors and treat anxiety and depression in young men romantically/sexually attracted to men.
Detailed description
Investigators will conduct a double-arm RCT to develop the infrastructure and collection of data needed to power a larger RCT (e.g., rates of consent, retention rates). Clinical outcomes will be assessed for the purpose of detecting unexpected deterioration. Investigators will also collect usability feedback regarding the intervention which may be used to refine the treatment. Usage data will be used to identify under-used lessons and tools and improve their usefulness/appeal. Compliance with assessments will be monitored and used to improve retention protocols.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | TODAY! App and Coaching | The TODAY! app uses the skill building structure of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). The intervention will be divided into "modules," each devoted to a particular skill. Skills addressed within the intervention include increasing social support, engaging in goal-driven behaviors and reducing mood-driven (i.e., avoidance) behaviors, seeking out positive activities, replacing cognitive distortions with more adaptive thinking styles, improving problem-solving skills, reducing avoidance patterns, and increasing alternate coping strategies. The intervention will be supplemented with brief human contact in the form of a motivational coach. The Coach will be trained on the Motivational Interviewing principles upon which the coaching protocol is based. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-06-04
- Primary completion
- 2022-06-30
- Completion
- 2022-06-30
- First posted
- 2018-05-23
- Last updated
- 2023-03-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03534167. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.