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A Mental Health Services Engagement Program for Racial and Ethnic Minority Young Adults

A study testing Just Do You, Component A and Component B in people with Psychosis and Bipolar and Related Disorders, run by New York University at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

Researchers aim to test a brief culturally-responsive young adult orientation program for community mental health services. They will conduct a 24-month randomized trial with 80 young adults from racial and ethnic minority groups in a community-based mental health clinic. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 34 years
What is being tested?
Just Do You, Component A and Component B
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
80 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
18 Dec 2024to Mar 2027
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 18 to 34 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Aged 18-34
  • From groups other than non-Hispanic White
  • Enrolled in services at the partnering clinic site

Who cannot join

  • Cognitive impairments (i.e., young adult cannot understand consent process)
  • Unable to comprehend and speak English

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Kiara L Moore, PhD contact

212-998-5900

kiara.moore@nyu.edu

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • The Jewish Board

    The Bronx, New York, 10457

    Christina Mango, 718-282-3425, CMango@jbfcs.org

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Adapting and Testing A Mental Health Services Engagement Program for Racial and Ethnic Minority Young Adults

Researchers aim to test a brief culturally-responsive young adult orientation program for community mental health services. They will conduct a 24-month randomized trial with 80 young adults from racial and ethnic minority groups in a community-based mental health clinic.

Read the detailed description

The study objective is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of three new culturally-responsive components added to the brief young adult engagement intervention called Just Do You. The new components incorporate techniques from the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) and creative arts therapy to increase culturally-responsive content in Just Do You, which demonstrated evidence of keeping young adults connected to their treatment in a prior trial. Components are designed to elicit relevant cultural characteristics, experiences, and perspectives of diverse young adults enrolled in psychiatric rehabilitation as part of the Just Do You orientation program. The investigators will examine whether the new culturally-responsive components improve engagement in mental health services and increase service utilization.

A total of 80 young adults enrolled in an outpatient psychiatric rehabilitation program in New York will be recruited over 24 months to take part in a randomized full factorial pilot trial. Participants will be given a baseline assessment and randomly assigned to one of eight combinations of intervention components. Just Do You will be delivered first to all participants, with the assigned combination of new components to follow. The intervention will be delivered at the psychiatric rehabilitation program and will last up to five weeks for each participant, depending on the experimental condition. Outcome measures will be assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and 3-month follow up.

Being tested
Just Do You, Component A, Component B, Component C
Medical subject headings
Psychotic Disorders, Bipolar and Related Disorders, Depressive Disorder

What participants receive

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

  • Just Do YouBehavioural

    Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

  • Component ABehavioural

    Content addresses participant cultural identities and how they may be barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services.

  • Component BBehavioural

    Content addresses identity-based motivations for on-going engagement with services and hope for the future.

  • Component CBehavioural

    Content addresses community and environmental barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services and self-efficacy.

Study groups in NCT06508450
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Just Do YouActive comparatorJust Do You Core Intervention
Receives: Behavioral: Just Do You
Just Do You-AExperimentalJust Do You plus Component A
Receives: Behavioral: Just Do You; Behavioral: Component A
Just Do You-BExperimentalJust Do You plus Component B
Receives: Behavioral: Just Do You; Behavioral: Component B
Just Do You-CExperimentalJust Do You plus Component C
Receives: Behavioral: Just Do You; Behavioral: Component C
Just Do You-ABExperimentalJust Do You plus Components A and B
Receives: Behavioral: Just Do You; Behavioral: Component A; Behavioral: Component B
Just Do You-ACExperimentalJust Do You plus Components A and C
Receives: Behavioral: Just Do You; Behavioral: Component A; Behavioral: Component C
Just Do You-CBExperimentalJust Do You plus Components C and B
Receives: Behavioral: Just Do You; Behavioral: Component B; Behavioral: Component C
Just Do You-ABCExperimentalJust Do You plus Components A B and C
Receives: Behavioral: Just Do You; Behavioral: Component A; Behavioral: Component B; Behavioral: Component C

What is being measured

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

  1. Participant acceptability questionnaire

    Self-report measure for assessing intervention acceptability from the perspectives of intervention recipients. Based on the theoretical framework of acceptability. Items are scored from 1 to 5. Possible total scores range from 9 to 45, with higher scores indicating greater acceptability.

    Measured: Immediately after the intervention

  2. Qualitative interviews

    Interviews with participants to assess acceptability of Components A, B, and C

    Measured: Immediately after the intervention

  3. Intervention adherence

    Provider reported rate of intervention components completed by participants.

    Measured: Baseline through study completion, an average of 2 years; repeated measure to assess change through study completion

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Service utilization

    Provider reported service utilization. Total number of contacts between participant and service providers starting 1 month before baseline though 3-month follow up to assess change in participant engagement.

    Measured: Assessed 3 months after baseline

  2. Client Engagement in Child Protective Services Scale

    This scale is altered to measure young adult engagement in mental health services. The scale includes 8 questions and responses will be summed. The range for the scale is 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating higher levels of engagement.

    Measured: Assessed immediately after the intervention and 3 months after baseline

Timeline

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

  1. First posted18 Jul 2024
  2. Study start18 Dec 2024
  3. Primary completionDec 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMar 2027 (estimated)

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
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Factorial
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
80 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06508450
Sponsor's protocol ID
K23MH132814
Status last verified
Dec 2024
First submitted
8 Jul 2024
Last updated
13 Mar 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Moore KL, Rodwin AH, Gwadz M, Chang DF, Collins LM, Munson MR. A Brief Engagement Intervention Adapted for Racial and Ethnic Minority Young Adults in Mental Health Services: Protocol for a Pilot Optimization Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jun 17;14:e68885. doi: 10.2196/68885.

    PubMed 40527500

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Just Do You, Component A and Component B in people with Psychosis and Bipolar and Related Disorders, run by New York University 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?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Mar 2025. 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. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Kiara L Moore, PhD (212-998-5900, kiara.moore@nyu.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Participant acceptability questionnaire (time frame: Immediately after the intervention). The study lists 3 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 NCT06508450, 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 13 Mar 2025.

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