Clinical trials: Text Messaging
Inactivity
Web-based Physical Activity Intervention for Latinas
This renewal builds upon our successful culturally adapted PA intervention for Latinas (Pasos Hacia La Salud, R01CA159954) and expands its focus to the critical area of maintenance of behavior change.
- Trial name
- NCT03491592
- Testing
- Enhanced Physical Activity Intervention, Original Physical Activity Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Vaping, Cessation, Tobacco
Text Message Quit Vaping Intervention for Adolescents
This research study, conducted by Truth Initiative, will help us learn how text messaging can help adolescents between 13 and 17 years of age quit vaping.
- Trial name
- NCT04919590
- Testing
- This is Quitting, Assessment only control, Waitlist control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,681 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Truth Initiative
Bullying
BullyDown, a Text Messaging-based Bullying Prevention Program for Middle School-aged Youth
Given the limited impact of existing school-based interventions and the time associated with implementing them during school time, more efficient and effective intervention methods are needed.
- Trial name
- NCT06017050
- Testing
- BullyDown, Attention-matched control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center for Innovative Public Health Research
Increased Breastfeeding
Texting to Promote Breastfeeding (TOPS)
The purpose of the study is to see if a program of text messages that support and promote breastfeeding for expecting and delivered African-American/Black women (called TEAM2BF), as compared to a national maternal health texting…
- Trial name
- NCT06375655
- Testing
- Team2BF, Bright By Text
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Alcohol Use, Unspecified, Sexual Violence
Text Message Intervention for Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence in College Students
This study is designed to pilot a text message (TM) delivered behavior change intervention to decrease binge drinking and to increase use of sexual violence (SV) harm reduction strategies among college students.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use, Unspecified, Sexual Violence, Sexual Assault
- Trial name
- NCT05065918
- Testing
- sexual violence and alcohol use harm reduction text message content, alcohol use reduction content
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 183 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Smoking, Cessation
Usability Study of a Smoking Cessation Intervention During a Dental Cleaning
The goal of this usability study is to pilot test the recruitment procedures, data acquisition methods, and text message program integration required to support the planning of a future clinical trial.
- Trial name
- NCT04247061
- Testing
- Educational video, Text-message program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
HIV
TechStep: Technology-based Stepped Care to Stem Transgender Adolescent Risk Transmission
TechStep is a three-arm, technology-based randomized controlled trial (RCT), with a stepped care approach, among high-risk HIV-negative transgender feminine, transgender masculine, and gender non-conforming youth and young adults…
- Trial name
- NCT04000724
- Testing
- Text Messaging (Text+Step), WebApp (App+Step), Information/No Step
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Friends Research Institute, Inc.
Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes
Penn State TXT2STAYQUIT Study- a Texting Study to Help Hospitalized Smokers Stay Quit
This study aims to pilot a method of collecting the post-discharge follow-up data required by the Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set, using text messages sent to and received from patients' cellular-telephones.
- Trial name
- NCT02986711
- Testing
- Motivational Text Messages, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
HPV Vaccines
Effectiveness of SMS (Short Message Service) Text Messaging in Increasing Adherence to Gardasil
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease among adolescent females in the United States. Our primary objective is to determine if Short Message Service (SMS) text message reminders increase…
- Trial name
- CHAT (NCT01276184)
- Testing
- SMS Text Message
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Underage Alcohol Use
Alcohol Intervention for First Year College Students
While a large focus of research on U.S. college drinking has focused on the prevalence of and problems related to heavy-episodic drinking, less has focused on college students who are either abstainers or lighter drinkers (i.e.…
- Trial name
- NCT03750838
- Testing
- Text Messaging Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
Opioid Misuse
Text Intervention to Facilitate Secure Storage and Disposal of Prescription Opioids
The proposed study aims to develop and implement a text message intervention that will instruct and motivate individuals to securely store opioid medications during treatment and subsequently dispose of unused medications…
- Trial name
- NCT05503186
- Testing
- Text Message, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 479 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Physical Activity, Behavior
A Walking Intervention Through Text Messaging
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate adaptive goal setting and feedback interventions (Adaptive Interventions) to promote physical activity behaviors and compare it to static physical activity interventions…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Behavior, Overweight, Motor Activity
- Trial name
- WalkIT (NCT02053259)
- Testing
- Adaptive Goals, Reinforcement, Static Goals
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
HIV
Harnessing the Power of Text Messaging to Invigorate AMSM HIV Preventive Behavior
The purpose of this study is to examine whether Guy2Guy (G2G), a text messaging-based healthy sexuality and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention program intervention for 14-18 year gay, bisexual and queer men, is…
- Trial name
- G2G (NCT02113956)
- Testing
- Guy2Guy (G2G)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 302 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center for Innovative Public Health Research
Stress, Psychological, Loneliness
Ecological Momentary Assessment and Text Message Intervention for Stress Management
Feasibility and acceptability of an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) compared with an EMA plus automated text message intervention for stress management
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Loneliness, Covid19, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04907942
- Testing
- EMA + EMA and FACE Stress, EMA Alone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Click Therapeutics, Inc.
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
Leveraging Interactive Text Messaging to Monitor and Support Maternal Health in Kenya
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions such as interactive short message service (SMS) text messaging with healthcare workers (HCWs) have been proposed as efficient, accessible additions to traditional health care in…
- Conditions
- Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death, Depression
- Trial name
- AI-NEO (NCT05369806)
- Testing
- Interactive two-way SMS dialogue
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
HPV Vaccination, Vaccine; Uptake
PREVENT HPV-Related Cancers - BootCamp Translation
This study will serve as one of the first to develop and test the effectiveness of strategies to promote HPV vaccination among diverse rural parents and caregivers of children ages 9-17 years in the Mountain West.
- Conditions
- HPV Vaccination, Vaccine; Uptake, Vaccination; Series Completion
- Trial name
- PREVENT (NCT06290206)
- Testing
- PREVENT - BCT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Smoking
SMS Turkey: Harnessing the Power of Text Messaging to Promote Smoking Cessation
The purpose of this study is to develop and test a text messaging-based smoking cessation program for adults who are currently smoking and want to quit, living in Turkey.
- Trial name
- SMS Turkey (NCT00912795)
- Testing
- SMS Turkey
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center for Innovative Public Health Research
Alcohol; Harmful Use, Sex, Unsafe
MI With Text Messaging to Reduce Sexual Risk and Hazardous Drinking Among MSM
This is a small pilot study to provide effect size estimates for a brief intervention designed to reduce hazardous drinking and sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men.
- Trial name
- MI&TXT4MSM (NCT03755661)
- Testing
- MI&TXT4MSM
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
College Drinking
Text-based Alcohol Prevention for First Year College Students
This project aims to combat excessive perceived norms that contribute to high volume drinking by young adults, which adversely affects health and academic achievement.
- Trial name
- NCT03864237
- Testing
- Alcohol texts, Attention control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Random Assignment of Intervention Messages for Developing Personalized Decision Rules to Promote Physical Activity
Our goal is to develop personalized decision rules for selecting the frequency, timing, and content of messages to promote physical activity.
- Trial name
- RandomAIM (NCT03907683)
- Testing
- Short Message with Text and Optional Image
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University