Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersNCT06638463
My Health Coach App RCT
A study testing My Health Coach app in people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, run by University of Rochester at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
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… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- What is being tested?
- My Health Coach app
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 200 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Apr 2025to 31 Dec 2026
- 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 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 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
Who cannot join
- participated in the past feasibility trial of the My Health Coach app
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, 14608
Christie L. M. Petrenko, Ph.D., 585-275-2991, christie_petrenko@urmc.rochester.edu
About this study
Official title: Randomized Controlled Trial of the My Health Coach App for Adults With Fetal Alcohol
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?
Read more
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.
Read the detailed description
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
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Being tested
- My Health Coach app
- Medical subject headings
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
My Health Coach appBehavioural
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.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| My Health Coach App Group | Experimental | 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. Receives: Behavioral: My Health Coach app |
| Waitlist Control Group | No intervention | The Waitlist Control Group gets access to the My Health Coach app after all the study survey timepoints are complete at 12 weeks. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Mean effect size on the Personal Well-being Index - Intellectual Disability Version (complemented by statistical hypothesis testing and 95% CI)
The PWI is an 8-item measure of subjective wellbeing. The Intellectual Disability Version uses more concrete item wording and a 5-point pictoral scale. Ratings are summed and higher scores reflect better perceived well-being. An effect size of 0.2 is small, 0.5 is medium, and 0.8 is large.
Measured: Baseline to 12 weeks
Mean effect size on The Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (complemented by statistical hypothesis testing and 95% CI)
The BPNSF is a 24-item scale assessing both satisfaction and frustration relating to the three basic psychological needs identified in self-determination theory: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Items are rated on a 5-point scale from 1 "not at all true" to 5 "completely true." Higher scores reflect higher satisfaction or need being met to a higher degree. An effect size of 0.2 is small, 0.5 is medium, and 0.8 is large.
Measured: Baseline to 12 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted15 Oct 2024
- Study start1 Apr 2025
- Primary completion31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Rochester
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Christie Petrenko, University of Rochester
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06638463
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY00009709
- Status last verified
- Feb 2026
- First submitted
- 9 Oct 2024
- Last updated
- 18 Feb 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Feb 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Randomized Controlled Trial of the My Health Coach App for Adults With Fetal Alcohol
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06638463
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- STUDY00009709
- Conditions
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of RochesterUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 15 Oct 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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
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.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| My Health Coach App Group | Experimental | Behavioral: My Health Coach appThe 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. |
| Waitlist Control Group | No intervention | –The Waitlist Control Group gets access to the My Health Coach app after all the study survey timepoints are complete at 12 weeks. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- 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
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- participated in the past feasibility trial of the My Health Coach app
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| My Health Coach appMy 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. | Behavioural | My Health Coach App Group |
Primary outcome
Mean effect size on the Personal Well-being Index - Intellectual Disability Version (complemented by statistical hypothesis testing and 95% CI)
Time frame: Baseline to 12 weeks
The PWI is an 8-item measure of subjective wellbeing. The Intellectual Disability Version uses more concrete item wording and a 5-point pictoral scale. Ratings are summed and higher scores reflect better perceived well-being. An effect size of 0.2 is small, 0.5 is medium, and 0.8 is large.
Mean effect size on The Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (complemented by statistical hypothesis testing and 95% CI)
Time frame: Baseline to 12 weeks
The BPNSF is a 24-item scale assessing both satisfaction and frustration relating to the three basic psychological needs identified in self-determination theory: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Items are rated on a 5-point scale from 1 "not at all true" to 5 "completely true." Higher scores reflect higher satisfaction or need being met to a higher degree. An effect size of 0.2 is small, 0.5 is medium, and 0.8 is large.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Feb 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing My Health Coach app in people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, run by University of Rochester 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 4 inclusion and 1 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 18 Feb 2026. 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 Christie L. M. Petrenko, Ph.D. (5852752991 ext. 241, christie_petrenko@urmc.rochester.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Mean effect size on the Personal Well-being Index - Intellectual Disability Version (complemented by statistical hypothesis testing and 95% CI) (time frame: Baseline to 12 weeks). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 18 Feb 2026.