Clinical trials: Technology Addiction
Pediatric Obesity, Mobile Technology
An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching
The proposed multi-site randomized control trial (RCT) will test the effectiveness of an addiction-based weight loss intervention, embodied first as a smartphone app with telephone coaching and second as an identical approach…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Mobile Technology, Addiction
- Trial name
- NCT03500835
- Testing
- App, Coaching, Clinic: Modified KidsNFitness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Internet Gaming Disorder
Reducing Internet Gaming
The fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders includes in its research appendix a potential new diagnosis-Internet gaming disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT02726880
- Testing
- Behavioral therapy, Referral for care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Addiction
Leveraging Technology to Address Unhealthy Drug Use in Primary Care Settings
This study will develop a clinical decision support tool that assists primary care providers in carrying out substance use interventions, and then compare (in Phase 2) two clinical scenarios, screening only (SO) vs.
- Trial name
- NCT02893514
- Testing
- Screening Only (SO) condition, SUSIT Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Internet Gaming Disorder
A Psychotherapy Development Study for Internet Gaming
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5) introduces Internet Gaming disorder (IGD) as a Substance-Related and Addictive Disorder in Section 3, Conditions for Further Study.
- Trial name
- NCT03220581
- Testing
- Referral for care, Behavioral therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Obesity
W8Loss2Go: mHealth Weight Management Strategy
The investigators will test a recent mobile technology based (mHealth) behavioral weight loss intervention (W8Loss2Go), which is designed for children and adolescents, and uses an addiction model to promote withdrawal from…
- Trial name
- NCT02689154
- Testing
- W8Loss2Go
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Smoking Cessation
Twitter-enabled Mobile Messaging for Smoking Relapse Prevention (Tweet2Quit)
Tweet2Quit is an innovative smoking cessation intervention that combines real-time online peer-to-peer support with auto messaging.
- Trial name
- Tweet2Quit (NCT02823028)
- Testing
- NRT, Web Guide, Tweet2Quit
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 980 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine