Recruiting

Videogame

Sponsor:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Code:

NCT06990724

Conditions

Contraceptive Usage

Contraception Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 20

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Videogame Intervention

Commercial game control

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a videogame compared to an attention/time control at reducing contraceptive non-use among adolescents.

Conditions

Contraceptive Usage

Contraception Behavior

Study ID

NCT06990724

Start date

Jun 11, 2025

Status verified date

Dec, 2025

Completion date

Nov, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 20

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or Female
  • Age15-20 at the time of enrollment
  • Able to speak and read English or Spanish
  • Have a smart phone (to scan QR code) or personal email account (to take screening questionnaire)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age less than 15 or older than 20
  • Unable to speak and read English or Spanish
  • Do not have a smart phone or personal email account

Study Design

Enrollment

850 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: No Baby No Videogame Intervention

Participants randomized to video game intervention for 120 minutes over two sessions within two weeks.

sham comparator: Commercial game control

Participants randomized to commercial game intervention for 120 minutes over two sessions within two weeks.

Interventions

Videogame Intervention

No Baby No video game

Commercial game control

Commercial video game

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in mean frequency of participants' contraception non-use over the last 3 months. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]
  • Change in mean frequency of participants' contraception non-use at last sexual encounter. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]
  • Change in participants' use of different types of contraception over the last 3 months. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]
  • Change in participants' use of different types of contraception at last sexual encounter. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]
  • Change in number of participants abstaining from having sex over the last 3 months. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]
  • Change in the mean number of sexual encounters over the last 3 months. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]
  • Change in the mean number of sexual partners over the last 3 months. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]
  • Change in the number of participants who use alcohol and/or take drugs before sex at last sexual encounter. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]
  • Change in the number of participants with a positive STI (Sexually Transmitted infection) test result. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]
  • Change in the number of participants with a positive pregnancy test result for themselves or a partner. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up, 9-month follow-up. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Miah Roberts Miah Roberts

(347)366-0286mir4017@med.cornell.edu

Aileen Gariepy

(212)746-3154amg4013@med.cornell.edu

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More Information

Sponsor

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Last update posted

Dec 22, 2025

Last verified

Dec, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Weill Medical College of Cornell University on 2025-12-22.