Clinical trials: Text Messaging
Tobacco Use
Little Cigar and Cigarillo Warnings to Reduce Tobacco-Related Cancers and Disease - Eye Tracking
The goal of this research is to determine how removal of little cigar and cigarillo (LCC) flavor descriptors on packaging impacts attention and affective responses to LCC warnings.
- Trial name
- NCT06546618
- Testing
- LCC pack stimuli images
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Alcohol Drinking
Implementing Mobile Technology for Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Scalable approaches are needed to support patients identified in the emergency department as unhealthy alcohol users and text messaging intervention approaches are a promising solution.
- Trial name
- NCT05350878
- Testing
- Implementation Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Random Assignment of Intervention Messages for Developing Personalized Decision Rules to Promote Physical Activity
Our goal is to develop personalized decision rules for selecting the frequency, timing, and content of messages to promote physical activity.
- Trial name
- RandomAIM (NCT03907683)
- Testing
- Short Message with Text and Optional Image
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia
Effectiveness of a Mobile Texting Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness
Testing an mHealth mobile interventionist texting program on illness management.
- Conditions
- Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03062267
- Testing
- Mobile Interventionist
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Human Papillomavirus
txt2protect: Using Text Messaging to Increase HPV Vaccination Among Young Sexual Minority Men
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection that can cause cancer (anal, penile, oropharyngeal) and genital warts in men.
- Trial name
- t2p (NCT02994108)
- Testing
- txt2protect, Sexual Health Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
Leveraging Interactive Text Messaging to Monitor and Support Maternal Health in Kenya
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions such as interactive short message service (SMS) text messaging with healthcare workers (HCWs) have been proposed as efficient, accessible additions to traditional health care in…
- Conditions
- Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death, Depression
- Trial name
- AI-NEO (NCT05369806)
- Testing
- Interactive two-way SMS dialogue
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Overweight and Obesity
Texting for Mobility in Overweight/Obese Adults With Peripheral Artery Disease
By doing this study, researchers hope to learn about the feasibility of using a mobile application to help overweight or obese adults with PAD increase their walking distance and lose weight.
- Trial name
- NCT03694652
- Testing
- PACE, Diet, App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes
Penn State TXT2Quit Study
This study is evaluating the feasibility and short term smoking cessation outcomes of an automated smoking cessation intervention delivered via mobile phone text messaging as an adjunct to Varenicline in a primary care setting.
- Trial name
- NCT02367391
- Testing
- Motivational Text Messages, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Type 1 Diabetes, Hypoglycemia
Pilot Feasibility Study for HypoPals, a Mobile Health Program for Improving Hypoglycemia Management.
A mobile health program "HypoPals", which incorporates data from continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMs) and sends personalized text messages to help people sharpen their low blood sugar symptom detection skills, and help…
- Trial name
- NCT05916131
- Testing
- Basic Education, Hypoglycemia Symptom Detection Training, Education Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Physical Activity
mActive: A Blinded, Randomized mHealth Activity Trial
Despite their importance, health-related behaviors are hard to change. Among behaviors, physical activity is associated with protection from multiple diseases.
- Trial name
- mActive (NCT01917812)
- Testing
- Digital Activity Tracker, Smart Text Messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
College Drinking
Text-based Alcohol Prevention for First Year College Students
This project aims to combat excessive perceived norms that contribute to high volume drinking by young adults, which adversely affects health and academic achievement.
- Trial name
- NCT03864237
- Testing
- Alcohol texts, Attention control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Number of Quit Attempts
Integrating Use of Self-Affirmation Content Into a Mobile App to Promote Quit Attempts With Text-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Messaging
Background: Quitting smoking is hard. It is easy to relapse. Smokers may think of temptation to smoke as a threat if they think it suggests that they are unable to meet the challenges of stopping.
- Trial name
- NCT03027466
- Testing
- Self-affirmation induction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,899 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Breast Feeding
A Mobile, Semi-automated Text Message-based Intervention to Prevent Perceived Low or Insufficient Milk Supply
The purpose of this pilot randomized trial is to determine the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of a mobile, semi-automated text message-based intervention (MILK) to prevent perceived low or insufficient milk supply…
- Trial name
- MILK (NCT02724969)
- Testing
- MILK or Text4Baby text message intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Pregnancy, Smoking Cessation
SmokefreeMOM: Reaching Pregnant Smokers With Health Information Via Text Messaging
Despite the great health benefits associated with smoking cessation in pregnancy to both mother and baby, few studies to date have examined the applications of text messaging or other communication technologies for smoking…
- Trial name
- SmokefreeMOM (NCT02412956)
- Testing
- SmokefreeMOM Text
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
HIV Infections
Adherence Interventions for HIV Youth Via Text & Cell Phone - Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART)
The purpose of this study is to test an adaptive adherence intervention, which utilizes two mobile health (mHealth) intervention designs, in an effort to promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and achieve and maintain…
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT03535337)
- Testing
- CPS, SMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Perinatal Depression, Postpartum Depression
Development, Feasibility and Acceptability of Fathers and Babies (FAB): A Pilot Study
During this project the investigators will develop and pilot test a companion intervention for fathers (Fathers and Babies-FAB), to supplement the Mothers and Babies Course (MB) that provides stress and mood management tools for…
- Conditions
- Perinatal Depression, Postpartum Depression, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03427528
- Testing
- Fathers and Babies (FAB), MB 1-on-1 plus TXT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Two-way Texting for VMMC Follow-up in Republic of South Africa
Voluntary medical male circumcision (alternatively abbreviated in the literature as VMMC or MC) is a critical HIV prevention intervention with global support for expansion across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
- Trial name
- 2wT_RSA (NCT04327271)
- Testing
- Text-based VMMC follow-up
- Where
- 9 sites in South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,093 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Type 2 Diabetes
Mobile Phone Support for Adults and Support Persons to Live Well With Diabetes
This study evaluates a mobile phone-delivered intervention (FAMS 2.0; Family/friend Activation to Motivate Self-care) designed to help adults with type 2 diabetes set and achieve self-care goals and improve the quality of…
- Trial name
- FAMS 2 (NCT04347291)
- Testing
- FAMS 2.0, Print Materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 638 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Human Papillomavirus
Interactive, Health Literacy Promoting Text Messages and HPV Vaccine Completion In Minority Adolescents
Emerging communication technologies, such as text messaging offer low-cost, scalable opportunities to improve health literacy and promote healthy behaviors, such as vaccination.
- Trial name
- NCT02236273
- Testing
- Conventional text message reminder, Enhanced text message reminders
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 956 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Teen Drivers, Motor Vehicle Accident
Way to Safety Cellphone Blocking
Research participants will be recruited to take part in a randomized control trial. Participants' cellphone use will be observed during an initial baseline period.
- Trial name
- NCT02416713
- Testing
- Cellcontrol DriveID, Education Only
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia