AcceptabilityNCT06907966
Digital Support Strategies for Caregiver Home Practice
A study testing Engaging Families home practice app and Scheduling app in people with Acceptability and Feasibility Studies, run by Arizona State University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This project is a pilot trial of the Engaging Families home practice smartphone application (or "app") as an add on to a family-based prevention program. Although there are many evidence-based preventive interventions delivered to caregivers to prevent youth substance use and mental illness and promote youth positive… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 11 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Acceptability, Feasibility Studies
- What is being tested?
- Engaging Families home practice app and Scheduling app
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 96 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 17 Mar 2025to Aug 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 11 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent
- Ownership and regular use of a smartphone
- English or Spanish language fluency
- Concurrent enrollment in the family-based EBI Bridges
- Parent of a child aged 11-17 years old
Caregiver Exclusion Criteria:
- Decline to download the home practice app on their personal smartphone.
Child Inclusion Criteria:
- Parent/guardian consent
- Informed assent
- Parent is enrolled in the study
- English reading ability at the 4th grade level or higher
Child Exclusion Criteria:
- No parent/guardian consent
- Parent/guardian is not enrolled in the study concurrently
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, 85287
Joanna Kim, PhD, 6024965748, JoannaKim@asu.edu
Vijaya Nandiwada-Hofer, engagingfamilieslab@gmail.com
About this study
Official title: Digital Implementation Support Strategies for Caregiver Home Practice
This project is a pilot trial of the Engaging Families home practice smartphone application (or "app") as an add on to a family-based prevention program. Although there are many evidence-based preventive interventions delivered to caregivers to prevent youth substance use and mental illness and promote youth positive family and youth outcomes, the impact of these interventions is often limited by low home practice of intervention skills among caregivers. The Engaging Families home practice app is a digital behavior change intervention that was developed to support caregivers in practicing intervention skills at home. Researchers will ask participants if the app was acceptable and feasible for daily use at home. Researchers may also compare how often caregivers who use the study app do home practice of intervention skills compared with caregivers who do not receive the home practice app but are encouraged to use an app to help schedule their activities.
Read the detailed description
The goals of the current pilot trial are to examine the acceptability and feasibility of the Engaging Families home practice smartphone application (or "app"). The Engaging Families app was developed and designed to support families who are already enrolled in and participating in the family-based prevention program Bridges. Families will be assigned to either receive the Engaging Families home practice app or another app to support parents' home practice of skills that they learn during the Bridges program. Acceptability and feasibility as well as preliminary effects will be assessed via survey measures. Select participants will be invited to participate in a post-intervention interview to also assess acceptability and feasibility of the app intervention.
- Conditions
- Acceptability, Feasibility Studies
- Being tested
- Engaging Families home practice app, Scheduling app
- Keywords
- home practice, parenting, skills practice
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Engaging Families home practice appBehavioural
The intervention is a smartphone application (or "app") that was developed to support caregiver home practice of intervention skills. The app was designed to support caregivers participating in the Bridges program, an evidence-based, family-based preventive intervention. Features of the app were developed to help caregivers overcome common barriers to practicing intervention skills at home.
Scheduling appOther
The Cozi Family Organizer is a smartphone application that will be given to caregivers randomized to the active control group. Cozi is a highly rated family organization app with features that include a family calendar, to do list, shopping list, and daily agenda. Cozi is available on Android and iPhone devices.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Engaging Families App | Experimental | Participants in this arm will receive the Engaging Families home practice app Receives: Behavioral: Engaging Families home practice app |
| Active control app | Active comparator | Not described Receives: Other: Scheduling app |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Acceptability of the intervention
Acceptability of the intervention will be assessed using the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM). This measure was developed specifically to support assessing the acceptability of implementation of a new intervention. Psychometric properties of this measure were assessed in prior studies. The final measures exhibited discriminate content validity and acceptable model fit. See Weiner, B.J., Lewis, C.C., Stanick, C. et al. Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures. Implementation Sci 12, 108 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0635-3 for more information.
The following items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale (Complete disagree to Completely agree):
[This program] meets my approval. [This program] is appealing to me. I like [this program]. I welcome [this program].
Measured: Post-intervention, approximately 2-3 months post baseline
Intervention Feasibility
Feasibility of the intervention will be assessed using the Feasibility of Intervention Measure (AIM). This measure was developed specifically to support assessing the feasibility of implementation of a new intervention. Psychometric properties of this measure were assessed in prior studies. The final measures exhibited discriminate content validity and acceptable model fit. See Weiner, B.J., Lewis, C.C., Stanick, C. et al. Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures. Implementation Sci 12, 108 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0635-3 for more information.
The following items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale (Complete disagree to Completely agree):
- (THIS INTERVENTION) seems implementable.
- (THIS INTERVENTION) seems possible.
- (THIS INTERVENTION) seems doable.
- (THIS INTERVENTION) seems easy to use.
Measured: Post-intervention, approximately 2-3 months post baseline
Home practice of skills
At Sessions 2, 3, and 4, parents will respond to three questions about their experience completing home practice on a 6-point Likert-type scale:
How many times did you practice [the skill]? (0 = did no practice to 5+ times) How well are you able to use [the skill] with your teen? (0 = did not practice, 1 = not at all to 5 = very well) How helpful was it to use [the skill] with your teen? (0 = did not practice, 1 = not at all to 5 = very helpful)
Measured: 3 times during the intervention, up to 8 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 Apr 2025
- Study start17 Mar 2025
- Primary completionAug 2027 (estimated)
- Study completionAug 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for AcceptabilityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Arizona State UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 96 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Arizona State University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, JoannaKim@asu.edu, Arizona State University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06907966
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY00014233
- Other IDs
- K01DA055118
- Status last verified
- Sep 2026
- First submitted
- 18 Feb 2025
- Last updated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 Sep 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Digital Implementation Support Strategies for Caregiver Home Practice
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06907966
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- STUDY00014233
- Conditions
- Acceptability, Feasibility Studies
- Keywords
- home practice, parenting, skills practice
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 96 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Arizona State UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Study start
- 17 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Aug 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Aug 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 3 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This project is a pilot trial of the Engaging Families home practice smartphone application (or "app") as an add on to a family-based prevention program. Although there are many evidence-based preventive interventions delivered to caregivers to prevent youth substance use and mental illness and promote youth positive family and youth outcomes, the impact of these interventions is often limited by low home practice of intervention skills among caregivers. The Engaging Families home practice app is a digital behavior change intervention that was developed to support caregivers in practicing intervention skills at home. Researchers will ask participants if the app was acceptable and feasible for daily use at home. Researchers may also compare how often caregivers who use the study app do home practice of intervention skills compared with caregivers who do not receive the home practice app but are encouraged to use an app to help schedule their activities.
Detailed description
The goals of the current pilot trial are to examine the acceptability and feasibility of the Engaging Families home practice smartphone application (or "app"). The Engaging Families app was developed and designed to support families who are already enrolled in and participating in the family-based prevention program Bridges. Families will be assigned to either receive the Engaging Families home practice app or another app to support parents' home practice of skills that they learn during the Bridges program. Acceptability and feasibility as well as preliminary effects will be assessed via survey measures. Select participants will be invited to participate in a post-intervention interview to also assess acceptability and feasibility of the app intervention.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Engaging Families App | Experimental | Behavioral: Engaging Families home practice appParticipants in this arm will receive the Engaging Families home practice app |
| Active control app | Active comparator | Other: Scheduling app |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 11 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Engaging Families home practice appThe intervention is a smartphone application (or "app") that was developed to support caregiver home practice of intervention skills. The app was designed to support caregivers participating in the Bridges program, an evidence-based, family-based preventive intervention. Features of the app were developed to help caregivers overcome common barriers to practicing intervention skills at home. | Behavioural | Engaging Families App |
| Scheduling appThe Cozi Family Organizer is a smartphone application that will be given to caregivers randomized to the active control group. Cozi is a highly rated family organization app with features that include a family calendar, to do list, shopping list, and daily agenda. Cozi is available on Android and iPhone devices. | Other | Active control app |
Primary outcome
Acceptability of the intervention
Time frame: Post-intervention, approximately 2-3 months post baseline
Acceptability of the intervention will be assessed using the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM). This measure was developed specifically to support assessing the acceptability of implementation of a new intervention. Psychometric properties of this measure were assessed in prior studies. The final measures exhibited discriminate content validity and acceptable model fit. See Weiner, B.J., Lewis, C.C., Stanick, C. et al. Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures. Implementation Sci 12, 108 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0635-3 for more information. The following items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale (Complete disagree to Completely agree): [This program] meets my approval. [This program] is appealing to me. I like [this program]. I welcome [this program].
Intervention Feasibility
Time frame: Post-intervention, approximately 2-3 months post baseline
Feasibility of the intervention will be assessed using the Feasibility of Intervention Measure (AIM). This measure was developed specifically to support assessing the feasibility of implementation of a new intervention. Psychometric properties of this measure were assessed in prior studies. The final measures exhibited discriminate content validity and acceptable model fit. See Weiner, B.J., Lewis, C.C., Stanick, C. et al. Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures. Implementation Sci 12, 108 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0635-3 for more information. The following items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale (Complete disagree to Completely agree): 1. (THIS INTERVENTION) seems implementable. 2. (THIS INTERVENTION) seems possible. 3. (THIS INTERVENTION) seems doable. 4. (THIS INTERVENTION) seems easy to use.
Home practice of skills
Time frame: 3 times during the intervention, up to 8 weeks
At Sessions 2, 3, and 4, parents will respond to three questions about their experience completing home practice on a 6-point Likert-type scale: How many times did you practice [the skill]? (0 = did no practice to 5+ times) How well are you able to use [the skill] with your teen? (0 = did not practice, 1 = not at all to 5 = very well) How helpful was it to use [the skill] with your teen? (0 = did not practice, 1 = not at all to 5 = very helpful)
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 Sep 2026.
- Project details from NIH ReporterLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Engaging Families home practice app and Scheduling app in people with Acceptability and Feasibility Studies, run by Arizona State University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Joanna J Kim, PhD (16024965748, JoannaKim@asu.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Acceptability of the intervention (time frame: Post-intervention, approximately 2-3 months post baseline). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Sep 2026.