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Child Behavior DisordersVillageWhereNCT03065517

VillageWhere: Innovative Mobile Technology for Youth With Conduct Disorder and Their Parents

A study testing VillageWhere App in people with Child Behavior Disorders, run by Evidence-Based Practice Institute, Seattle, WA at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The goal of this Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) is to develop, evaluate, and commercialize a linked parent-youth mobile app system, VillageWhere, to support the key treatment targets of evidence-based treatments for youth with conduct disorders: clear parental expectations, parental monitoring… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 13 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Child Behavior Disorders
What is being tested?
VillageWhere App
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
226 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
16 Jul 2018to 28 Feb 2020
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 13 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Parent Inclusion Criteria:

  • English speaking
  • owns an Android or iPhone-based smartphone with a data plan, is the primary user of the phone, and uses it on a daily basis
  • primary caregiver and has legal guardianship (custody) of a youth aged 13-18 with conduct disorder.

Parent Exclusion Criteria:

  • has an open case with child protective services
  • does not have legal custody of the youth
  • participated in Phase I project and/or the Phase II formative evaluation

Youth Inclusion Criteria:

  • English speaking
  • possesses and is the primary user of an Android or iPhone-based smartphone with a data plan
  • resides in the same household as the linked parent participant at least five days a week
  • actively (past two weeks) engaging in clinically significant conduct-problem behaviors Note: Youth who have "stepped down" from a residential treatment or juvenile justice facility in the past month but may not have exhibited conduct problem behavior within the past 2 weeks will also be eligible, provided other criteria are met.

Youth Exclusion Criteria:

  • resides with a secondary caregiver 3 or more days each week

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Evidence-Based Practice Institute

    Seattle, Washington, 98144

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About this study

Official title: Using Mobile Technology to Enhance MST Outcomes

The goal of this Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) is to develop, evaluate, and commercialize a linked parent-youth mobile app system, VillageWhere, to support the key treatment targets of evidence-based treatments for youth with conduct disorders: clear parental expectations, parental monitoring, discipline consistency, and parental support, while simultaneously cultivating intrinsic motivation in youth toward prosocial behaviors. When used in conjunction with an evidence-based treatment for delinquent youth, VillageWhere could help reduce treatment length and cost. When provided in non-evidence-based clinical settings, VillageWhere may increase access to state-of-the-art clinical techniques to those who might not otherwise receive them. Investigators will conduct usability and acceptability tests of new features with target-end-users (youth and their parents) and key stakeholders (i.e., probation officers, clinic administrators). Once usability and acceptability is achieved, investigators will conduct a 16-week randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing VillageWhere to an attention-control (placebo) mobile app. We expect that across four time points, VillageWhere use will result in greater improvements in parent management practices and youth autonomy support, parent-youth communication and connectedness, youth intrinsic motivation for positive behavior, and youth conduct problems than the placebo. The RCT will occur with 100 parent-youth dyads recruited from various treatment and probation settings, and represent clinically-significant conduct-problems of various clinically-significant severity levels.

Being tested
VillageWhere App, Attention-Control Placebo App
Keywords
Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency
Medical subject headings
Child Behavior Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • VillageWhere AppDevice

    VillageWhere is a mobile phone app for use on both Android and iOS platforms by youth with conduct disorders and their parents.

  • Attention-Control Placebo AppDevice

    Mobile phone app for use on both Android and iOS platforms.

Study groups in NCT03065517
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
VillageWhere AppExperimentalParent-youth dyads assigned to the VillageWhere condition will be asked to use the VillageWhere App that has been developed for this study. Parent and youth will be asked upload the app to their phone during the baseline assessment process and asked to use it as often as they would like throughout the duration of the 12 week trial. The app is designed to be used several times throughout each day.
Receives: Device: VillageWhere App
Attention-Control Placebo AppPlacebo comparatorParent-youth dyads assigned to the control condition will be asked to use a free placebo control app that is well-liked by parents and youth but void of content already part of an existing evidence-based treatment for youth with conduct problems (e.g., geolocation tracking). Parent and youth will be asked upload the app to their phone during the baseline assessment process and asked to use it as often as they would like throughout the duration of the 12 week trial.
Receives: Device: Attention-Control Placebo App

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)

    Assesses parent report of youth rule-breaking, aggressive, anxious/depressed, and drug/alcohol use behaviors. Contains two subscales: rule-breaking (minimum of 0, maximum of 36) and aggressive behavior (minimum of 0, maximum of 34). Higher scores are a worse outcome.

    Measured: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).

  2. Youth Self-Report (YSR)

    Assesses youth self-report of rule-breaking, aggressive, anxious/depressed, and drug/alcohol use behaviors. Contains two subscales: rule-breaking (minimum of 0, maximum of 34) and aggressive behavior (minimum of 0, maximum of 36). Higher scores indicate worse outcomes.

    Measured: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).

  3. Self-Report of Delinquent Behavior Scale

    Assesses youth delinquent behaviors. Contains one main scale: the general delinquency scale. There are also several subscales: the status offenses (e.g., ran away from home, purchased alcohol, truant) subscale, the school delinquency subscale (e.g., cheated on tests, damaged school property, got suspended), the minor theft subscale, and the robbery subscale. For all scales, participants reported the number of times in the past two weeks they did a variety of actions; scales were then calculated as the sum of the occurrences. The minimum of each scale was 0 and there was no maximum, since there is no maximum amount participants could have done the actions listed.

    Measured: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).

  4. GAIN Substance Frequency Scale

    The Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) substance frequency scale assesses youth alcohol and substance use in the last two weeks. Alcohol days are number of days in the past two weeks that youth consumed alcohol. Drunk days are the number of days in the past two weeks that youth were drunk. Marijuana days are number of days in the past two weeks that youth used marijuana. As such, the minimum and maximum values are 0 and 14, respectively, and higher scores mean a worse outcome.

    Measured: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).

  5. Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) Perceived Competence Scale (PCS)

    Assesses youth intrinsic motivation for prosocial behaviors. Contains four subscales: interest/enjoyment (minimum of 7, maximum of 49), perceived competence (minimum of 6, maximum of 42), value/usefulness (minimum of 7, maximum of 49), and effort/importance (minimum of 5, maximum of 35).

    Measured: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).

  6. Perceived Autonomy Support (PAS)

    Assesses youth perceived autonomy-supportive and controlling parent behaviors. Contains four subscales: autonomy support, chaos, coercion, and structure. Each subscale has a youth version (minimum 4, maximum 16) and a parent version (minimum 5, maximum 20). Higher scores indicate better outcomes on the autonomy and structure scales and worse outcomes on the chaos and coercion scales.

    Measured: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).

  7. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

    Assesses parent perception of life stress. Minimum value is 0, maximum value is 40. Higher scores mean a worse outcome.

    Measured: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).

  8. Parent Locus of Control Scale

    Assesses parent sense of control/efficacy and supervision of youth. One sub-scale for helplessness and one sub-scale for feeling out of control. Both subscales have a minimum of 10 and maximum of 50. Higher scores are a worse outcome.

    Measured: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).

  9. Loeber Parenting Scale

    Assesses parent and youth clarity of expectations, discipline consistency/effectiveness, and use of rewards. Subscales are Supervision (minimum of 10 and a maximum of 28 for both the parent and youth scales), Inconsistent Discipline (minimum of 9 and a maximum of 27 for the youth scale, minimum of 5 and maximum of 15 for the parent scales), Reward Use (minimum of 9 and maximum of 27 for both parent and youth scales), and Discipline Effectiveness (minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 on the parents scale, no youth scale); higher scores mean higher prevalence, lower scores mean infrequency.

    Measured: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Feb 2017
  2. Study start16 Jul 2018
  3. Primary completion28 Feb 2020
  4. Study completion28 Feb 2020

Resources

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
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
226 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03065517
Sponsor's protocol ID
R44MH097349
Other IDs
R44MH097349
Acronym
VillageWhere
Status last verified
May 2022
First submitted
16 Feb 2017
Last updated
2 Jun 2022
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Requests for use of data will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Interested researchers may send data requests to research@ebpi.org.

Publications

  • Schaeffer CM, Dimeff LA, Koerner K, Chung J, Kelley-Brimer A, Kako N, Ilac M, Tuerk E, Carroll D, Beadnell B. A Smartphone App for Parental Management of Adolescent Conduct Problems: Randomized Clinical Trial of iKinnect. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2025 Jan-Feb;54(1):52-66. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2022.2070851. Epub 2022 May 31.

    PubMed 35640058

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing VillageWhere App in people with Child Behavior Disorders, run by Evidence-Based Practice Institute, Seattle, WA 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jun 2022. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 2 Jun 2022). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) (time frame: Baseline (time 1), 4-week follow-up (time 2), 8-week follow-up (time 3), and 12-week follow-up (time 4).). The study lists 9 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03065517, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 2 Jun 2022.

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