Clinical trials: Cell Phone
Childhood Obesity, Parenting
A Mobile Phone Based Pilot Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Latino Preschool Children
To pilot a stand-alone mobile phone intervention with Latino caregivers of 2- to 5-year olds, using a prospective control group design, to assess feasibility and preliminary effect sizes on children's BMI changes (primary…
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Parenting, Mobile Phone Use
- Trial name
- NCT04261985
- Testing
- healthy weight behaviors supported by web-based mobile phone application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Anesthesia, Cell Phone
Anaesthesia and mHealth
This survey aims to better define the wishes/needs of the Belgian Anaesthesiologists within the field of mobile technology, namely, what would help improve the daily anaesthesia practice.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Cell Phone, Mobile Applications
- Trial name
- NCT03750084
- Testing
- questionary
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Visual Impairment
Cell Phone Application for Vision Assessment
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how visual acuity assessed with Peek Acuity (a cell phone application to check visual acuity) among preschool and school-aged children 3 to less than18 years of age (1) compares to the…
- Trial name
- NCT03212222
- Testing
- Peek Acuity, Standard Visual Screening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Mobile Phone Use
Effect of Use Smartphone in Forward Head Position and Neutral Position on Upper Limbs Nerves
To compare between two different positions (forward head position and neutral position) when using mobile phone by hand using nerve conduction velocity and F-wave of upper limb nerves ( ulnar, median and radial) in 4 different…
- Trial name
- NCT04647799
- Testing
- smartphone
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MTI University
Vaccination
Enhancing Health Care Access With Cellular Technology
Despite the impressive economic progress in developing countries, significant proportion of young children and pregnant women living in low-resource settings remain inadequately immunized.
- Trial name
- NCT03180138
- Testing
- Reminders alone, Compliance-linked incentives
- Volunteers
- 608 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Bipolar Disorder, Cyclothymia
Calling for Care: Cell Phones for Mood Telemetry in Teens
We will modify our existing VMQ/VADIS mood telemetry software to run on a Motorola platform, and enhance it to collect information on both mood symptoms (currently covered by the VMQ/VADIS) as well as daily life stressors…
- Conditions
- Bipolar Disorder, Cyclothymia, Borderline Personality Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT01083823
- Testing
- Mental health telemetry (MHT)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Mobile Phone Use, Mother-Infant Interaction
Investigating Baby Behavior and Family Technology Use Study
Maternal sensitivity and contingent responsiveness to infant behavioral cues is an important contributor to infants' developing capacities to self-regulate.
- Conditions
- Mobile Phone Use, Mother-Infant Interaction, Infant Development, Self-Regulation, Emotion
- Trial name
- iBaby (NCT05781100)
- Testing
- Technology Use during Feeding Conditions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 345 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Teen Drivers, Motor Vehicle Accidents
Promoting Intrafamily Accountability for Reducing Cellphone Use While Driving in Adults and Their Teen Children
Research participants and their parents will be recruited to take part in a randomized control trial. Participants' and their parents' cellphone use will be observed during an initial baseline period.
- Trial name
- NCT02923271
- Testing
- CellControl
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Otitis Media
Family MobilePhone Otoscopy in Diagnostics of Otitis Media
This is a one-center clinical study carried out in Turku, Finland. The study patients will be randomly allocated to one of the two parallel study groups (teaching group and control group).
- Trial name
- FamilymOTO (NCT02452164)
- Testing
- Teaching, (CellScopeOTO)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Overweight Adolescents, Obesity, Adolescent
The Use of Mobile Applications in Obese and Overweight Adolescents for Health Improvement
Overweight and obesity, understood as an accumulation of abnormal and excessive fat, are the second leading cause of preventable and avoidable mortality in developed countries, with more than 340 million children and adolescents…
- Conditions
- Overweight Adolescents, Obesity, Adolescent, Physical Inactivity, Mobile Phone Use
- Trial name
- NCT06089876
- Testing
- STRAVA mobile application
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
HIV Infections
Effectiveness of a Cell Phone-Based Program for Abstinence and HIV Risk Prevention
This study will develop and test the effectiveness of a cell phone-based text messaging program to encourage abstinence, monogamy, or condom use among black urban males in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Trial name
- NCT00601237
- Testing
- HIV-related text messaging, Nutrition-related text messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Vaccination Failure
SMS Reminders to Improve the on Time Vaccination Rates Among Children in Pakistan
Vaccines are one of the best public health tools available to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) # 4 of decreasing child mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT01859546
- Testing
- Short message service
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Teen Drivers, Motor Vehicle Accident
Way to Safety Cellphone Blocking
Research participants will be recruited to take part in a randomized control trial. Participants' cellphone use will be observed during an initial baseline period.
- Trial name
- NCT02416713
- Testing
- Cellcontrol DriveID, Education Only
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Vaccination Failure
Automated SMS Reminders to Parents on Their Cell Phones Can Significantly Improve the on Time Vaccination Rates Children in Pakistan
The investigators plan to test the effectiveness of reminders to parents/guardians on cell phones through short messaging system (SMS) in improving the on-time routine immunization for children in Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT01908946
- Testing
- SMS reminders
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Diphtheria, Tetanus
Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Mobile Phone Delivered Reminders and Travel Subsidies to Improve Childhood Immunization Coverage Rates and Timeliness in Western Kenya
The project goal is to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test whether mobile phone short message system (SMS) reminders, either with or without mobile-phone based travel subsidies will improve timeliness, coverage…
- Conditions
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B
- Trial name
- m-SIMU (NCT01878435)
- Testing
- SMS reminder, Travel subsidy, Travel subsidy 2
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 2,018 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Cardiac Arrest
Simulation-Based Study of Adding Video Communication to Dispatch Instruction
The purpose of this study is to determine whether adding interactive video communication to dispatch instruction improves the quality of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in simulated cardiac arrests.
- Trial name
- NCT00564616
- Testing
- video cell phone
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Mobile Phone Use
Time Need to Detect Mobile Phone Use to Prevent Muscle Fatigue
Using a smart phone while adopting a poor posture can cause various physical problems. The neck and shoulders are particularly vulnerable to pain due to smart phone use, with the muscles showing a high level of muscle fatigue…
- Trial name
- NCT04641208
- Testing
- mobile phone
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MTI University
Mother to Child Transmission, Pregnancy in Adolescence
Digital Intervention to Address Stigma Among Pregnant Adolescents Living With HIV
Pregnant adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in Kenya frequently experience stigma and difficulty telling a family member about their HIV and pregnancy status.
- Conditions
- Mother to Child Transmission, Pregnancy in Adolescence, Social Stigma, Self Disclosure
- Trial name
- NCT05383755
- Testing
- Digital intervention for pregnant adolescents living with HIV
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 169 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Pregnancy Related, Adolescent Obesity
#BabyLetsMove Physical Activity Feasibility Trial
Black adolescents who are pregnant represent a high-risk and understudied perinatal population in health research. Adolescent pregnancy (<20 years) is disproportionately prevalent among Blacks compared with Whites and is a…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Adolescent Obesity, Behavior, Health, Behavior, Sedentary
- Trial name
- NCT04628065
- Testing
- #BabyLetsMove
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
Diphtheria, Tetanus
Evaluating a Caregiver SMS Reminder Intervention to Reduce Immunization Drop-out in Arua, Uganda
Faced with high rates of immunization drop-out, Uganda's immunization program requires innovative approaches to address this weakness.
- Conditions
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio
- Trial name
- NCT04177485
- Testing
- SMS text reminders
- Volunteers
- 1,962 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention