Clinical trials: Texting Interventions
Young Adult Behavioral Change
Text Message Stop Smoking Among Young Population
Smoking cessation is a priority for preventing smoking-attributable disease and reducing its burden. Quitting smoking at any age confers substantial and immediate health benefits, including reduced risks of stroke, cardiovascular…
- Trial name
- NCT02379325
- Testing
- Lets Quit, pamphlets material
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Dependence With Current Use (Disorder)
Text-Messaging Telehealth and Contingency Management for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Engagement
There is growing recognition of the need for approaches to initiate treatment wherever patients touch the health care system, including the Emergency Department (ED).
- Trial name
- NCT05897788
- Testing
- Text Message Check-ins, Contingency Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,808 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Teen Sexual Health
Sexual Health Texting Intervention to Support Adolescent Females
This study aims to use a text messaging intervention to prevent unintended teen pregnancy and transmission of sexually transmitted disease.
- Trial name
- NCT02419690
- Testing
- text message intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 244 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Pediatric Obesity
Quincy Family, Youth & Technology For Lifestyle Change (FYT-4-LIFE) Study
To date, approaches that show the most promise for preventing and/or reversing the course of childhood obesity involve the delivery of intensive lifestyle interventions within a family-based context, emphasizing the necessity of…
- Trial name
- QFYT (NCT02324361)
- Testing
- Physical Activity, Evidence-based information on healthy family routines
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Reproductive Behavior, Sexual Behavior
Reducing Teen Pregnancy in the Emergency Department
This study will determine the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of an emergency department-based pregnancy prevention intervention targeting sexually active adolescent female emergency department patients.
- Conditions
- Reproductive Behavior, Sexual Behavior, Adolescent Behavior, Contraception
- Trial name
- ERICA (NCT03866811)
- Testing
- Dr. Erica
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 146 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Ileostomy; Complications, Ileostomy - Stoma
The Effect of a 30-day Automated Text Messaging Intervention on Hospital Based Acute Care Encounters Following Ileostomy
Each year a large number of patients undergo ileostomy surgery, a procedure in which a portion of the small intestine is attached to a hole in the abdominal wall, allowing for digested material to pass into a disposable bag worn…
- Conditions
- Ileostomy; Complications, Ileostomy - Stoma, Ileostomy Malfunction, Ileostomy Underactive
- Trial name
- NCT03424954
- Testing
- EpxOstomy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Louis University
Tobacco Cessation
Tobacco Cessation Texting Intervention for People Living With HIV Who Smoke in Vietnam
The intersection of smoking and HIV/AIDS poses a serious public health threat in Vietnam. Vietnam is dealing with these two challenges with parallel rather than integrated plans.
- Trial name
- M2Q2-HIV (NCT05863923)
- Testing
- mHealth Messaging to Motivate Quitline use and Quitting among Persons Living With HIV (PLWH) in Vietnam (M2Q2-HIV), M2Q2-HIV Comparison
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Alcohol Use
Text Messaging as a Novel Alcohol Intervention for Community College Students
This project will develop an intervention delivered through text messaging to reduce alcohol consumption and high risk drinking among adults who are enrolled as students in community colleges.
- Trial name
- TMAP (NCT02507115)
- Testing
- TMAP, Mojo Texts
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Breast Feeding
A Mobile, Semi-automated Text Message-based Intervention to Prevent Perceived Low or Insufficient Milk Supply
The purpose of this pilot randomized trial is to determine the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of a mobile, semi-automated text message-based intervention (MILK) to prevent perceived low or insufficient milk supply…
- Trial name
- MILK (NCT02724969)
- Testing
- MILK or Text4Baby text message intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
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 Infections, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Improving Uptake of Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV for the Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV
Early accurate diagnosis is one of the first crucial steps in care for infants born to HIV-infected mothers. Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) relies upon early diagnosis and results in significant reductions in…
- Trial name
- SMS4PMTCT (NCT01433185)
- Testing
- Text message
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 388 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
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
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Text-based Follow-up in Zimbabwe's Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in sub-Saharan Africa is safe: the average rate of moderate and severe adverse events (AEs) at the country level is 0.8%, corresponding to 99% of men healing without incident.
- Trial name
- 2WT (NCT03119337)
- Testing
- Text-based follow-up
- Where
- 5 sites in Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 780 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Physical Activity, Behavior
WalkIT Arizona: Walking Interventions Through Texting
The purpose of this study is to develop adaptive (AI) and micro-incentive (MI) interventions and test them against static (SI) and delayed-incentive (DI) interventions in a 4-arm randomized factorial trial to increase MVPA…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Behavior, Goals
- Trial name
- NCT02717663
- Testing
- Adaptive Goals, Static Goals, Delayed (non-contingent) Incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 512 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Smoking Cessation, Smoking
Usefulness of Supportive SMS in Addition to an Internet Based Quit Smoking Program (Www.Slutta.no)
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention delivered through a technological web based platform (www.slutta.no) with or without a supportive SMS function.
- Trial name
- NCT01103427
- Testing
- Internet-based behavioral coaching, SMS based coaching, SMS coaching - UNN recruited
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 4,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tromso
Smoking
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Text Messaging Intervention to Increase Smoking Cessation in Vietnam
The purpose of this study is to develop and then test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effect of a bidirectional text message smoking cessation intervention among Vietnamese smokers in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Trial name
- NCT03219541
- Testing
- Interventional Automated mobile phone text, Control Automated mobile phone text
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Health Behavior, Obesity
Fitbit One and Text Messaging Prompts to Promote Physical Activity in Overweight/Obese Adults
Previous studies suggest self-regulatory techniques including self-monitoring, and SMS text-messaging as an intervention modality, can modify health behaviors including physical activity (PA).
- Trial name
- TXT2BFIT (NCT02188875)
- Testing
- SMS Text Messages & Fitbit One, Fitbit One Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Intervention, Control
Evaluating the Efficacy of a Text Messaging-based Shisha Smoking Cessation Intervention
The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a culture specific text-messaging based shisha smoking cessation intervention for young adults in Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- NCT07070154
- Testing
- text-messaging based intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong