Feasibility Testing a Meditation App for Youth in the Legal System

NCT ID: NCT05146167

Last Updated: 2025-11-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

107 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-05

Study Completion Date

2025-10-15

Brief Summary

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This feasibility clinical trial aims to assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with youth in the juvenile legal system. The primary questions it is designed to answer are:

1. Will youth adequately adhere to the 1-month meditation app?
2. Is it feasible to collect data remotely from youth on their self-reported cannabis use, sexual health, and mental health at baseline, 1, and 6 months?

Detailed Description

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The investigators aim enroll 100 youth in Cook County, IL 13-18 years old who report regular access to an Apple or Android smartphone. Following completion of a baseline questionnaire, participants will be individually randomized at a 1:1 ratio to 1 of 2 smartphone app conditions: (1) Bodhi AIM (Action In Mindfulness), a 30-day meditation app or (2) HIB (Health In Balance), a health promotion control app matched to Bodhi AIM for time and structure. Follow-up assessments will occur at 1 and 6 months. All study activities will be remote.

Conditions

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Behavioral Health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants will be individually randomized at a 1:1 ratio to 1 of 2 smartphone app conditions: (1) Bodhi AIM (Action In Mindfulness), a 30-day meditation app, or (2) HIB (Health In Balance), a health promotion control app matched to Bodhi AIM for time and structure.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
Both participants and outcome assessors will be blind to condition through completion of the baseline assessment. Condition will become apparent to both participants and assessors at the time of app download, but will not be revealed to assessors at either of the follow-up time points until after the quantitative measures are complete.

Study Groups

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Bodhi AIM

Participants randomized to the intervention arm will receive the Bodhi AIM meditation app.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bodhi AIM (intervention group)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Bodhi AIM (Action In Mindfulness) is a smartphone-based app that teaches users to establish a daily meditation practice via a 30-day "path," with each day consisting of a brief audio- or video-guided file. In addition to the 30 daily path files, users have access to a menu of "to go" audio-guided meditation practices that they may access any time to prepare for particular situations (e.g., attending a party).

HIB

Participants randomized to the active control arm will receive the HIB health promotion app.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

HIB (control group)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

HIB (Health In Balance) is a smartphone-based app that is matched to Bodhi AIM for time and structure, but includes health promotion content (e.g., educational information on substance use) in place of the meditation content featured in Bodhi AIM. Like Bodhi AIM, HIB includes a 30-day "path" of audio and video files, along with a menu of "to go" audio files that users may access any time to review key intervention concepts.

Interventions

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Bodhi AIM (intervention group)

Bodhi AIM (Action In Mindfulness) is a smartphone-based app that teaches users to establish a daily meditation practice via a 30-day "path," with each day consisting of a brief audio- or video-guided file. In addition to the 30 daily path files, users have access to a menu of "to go" audio-guided meditation practices that they may access any time to prepare for particular situations (e.g., attending a party).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

HIB (control group)

HIB (Health In Balance) is a smartphone-based app that is matched to Bodhi AIM for time and structure, but includes health promotion content (e.g., educational information on substance use) in place of the meditation content featured in Bodhi AIM. Like Bodhi AIM, HIB includes a 30-day "path" of audio and video files, along with a menu of "to go" audio files that users may access any time to review key intervention concepts.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 13-18 years old
* In probation programming (i.e., in legal programming but not detained) in Cook County, IL
* Have access to an Apple/Android smartphone
* Understand and provide assent/consent
* Have legal guardian permission (if under 18 years old)
* English-speaking, due to norming of instruments
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Illinois at Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Responsible Party

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Ashley D Kendall

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ashley D Kendall, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Illinois at Chicago

Locations

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University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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R00DA047890

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

2018-0889

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id