My Health Coach App RCT

NCT ID: NCT06638463

Last Updated: 2025-04-08

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-04-01

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the My Health Coach app helps adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the My Health Coach app improve the quality of life of adults with FASD? Does the My Health Coach app help adults with FASD manage their day to day life?

All participants will be asked to complete 3 sets of surveys: 1) at the study start, 2) at 6 weeks, and 3) at 12 weeks. Half of the participants will be given the app at the study start to use. The other half of participants will get the app after the 12 week surveys are complete.

Researchers will compare survey results from people who receive the app right away to those who are in the waitlist group to see if there are changes in quality of life or day to day functioning.

Detailed Description

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This trial involves a 2-arm randomized controlled trial. Participants will be randomized (50:50 allocation) into the (1) My Health Coach group, or the (2) Wait-list Control group. The My Health Coach app is designed to support the quality of life of adults with FASD by providing tools to help with self-management, advocacy, health literacy, use of supports, and engagement in meaningful activities.

This study is designed to: (1) evaluate the efficacy of the My Health Coach app with adults with FASD, (2) test whether changes in competence, autonomy, and/or relatedness mediate intervention outcomes on reported quality of life, and (3) identify app usage patterns that relate to greater outcome improvement. Primary outcomes include perceived well-being, the degree to which basic psychological needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness are met, and readiness for self-management. We are also interested in participants' perceptions of app quality and patterns of app usage.

All participants will complete the study assessment battery measuring these outcomes at baseline (T1), 6 weeks (T2), and 12 weeks (T3). Wait-list participants will receive the app after T3.

Conditions

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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My Health Coach App Group

The My Health Coach group receives the My Health Coach app at study start. The My Health Coach app is a self-directed mobile health intervention for adults with FASD. It is grounded in self-determination theory and integrates well-established behavior change strategies. It has a cloud-based infrastructure and uses a just-in-time adaptive intervention design and a simple and engaging chatbot interface. It provides adults just the right type and amount of support, when they are most receptive.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

My Health Coach app

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

My Health Coach is a self-directed mobile health intervention for adults with FASD. It is grounded in self-determination theory and integrates well-established behavior change strategies. It has a cloud-based infrastructure and uses a just-in-time adaptive intervention design and a simple and engaging chatbot interface. It provides adults just the right type and amount of support, when they are most receptive.

Waitlist Control Group

The Waitlist Control Group gets access to the My Health Coach app after all the study survey timepoints are complete at 12 weeks.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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My Health Coach app

My Health Coach is a self-directed mobile health intervention for adults with FASD. It is grounded in self-determination theory and integrates well-established behavior change strategies. It has a cloud-based infrastructure and uses a just-in-time adaptive intervention design and a simple and engaging chatbot interface. It provides adults just the right type and amount of support, when they are most receptive.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adult 18 years or older
* have a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) or history of prenatal alcohol exposure
* have sufficient fluency in written English
* own a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria

* participated in the past feasibility trial of the My Health Coach app
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Rochester

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Christie Petrenko

Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Rochester

Rochester, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Christie L. M. Petrenko, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

5852752991 ext. 241

Facility Contacts

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Christie L. M. Petrenko, Ph.D.

Role: primary

585-275-2991

Other Identifiers

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STUDY00009709

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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