Recruiting

Equa

Sponsor:

Equa Health

Code:

NCT07136948

Conditions

Psychological Distress

Mindfulness Skills

Usability Satisfaction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 30

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Mindfulness Meditation

Mindfulness Meditation with Respiration Feedback Chart and Predictive Mindfulness Skill Scores

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this research is to test usability and user satisfaction with a new breathing feature on the meditation app, Equa, to help young adults who are distressed, understand their physiological responses and mindfulness skill development during meditation.

Our main aims are to test an algorithm that can use physiologic signals to give feedback about how participant physiology is changing during guided lessons on the meditation app, Equa through:

  • Assessing user satisfaction and usability
  • Measuring how much participant mindfulness skills are improving

Participants will:

  • Complete a survey about demographics, their thoughts and feelings before and after the mindfulness meditation program
  • Complete 14 smartphone guided mindfulness meditation training units while physiological measures are being recorded
  • A subset of participants will see a graph tracking their physiological responses from the guided meditation lesson and predictive mindfulness skill scores
  • Complete a few brief questionnaires before and after mindfulness practices to understand potential changes in their mindfulness skills

Conditions

Psychological Distress

Mindfulness Skills

Usability Satisfaction

Study ID

NCT07136948

Start date

Jul 21, 2025

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Sep, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 30

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Ages 18-30 years of Age
  • Fluent in English
  • Psychological distress
  • Willing to participate in guided meditation or stress management training.
  • Willing and able to wear earbud headphones and a shirt which uses sensors to track motion and physiological measures.
  • Willing to be randomized to one of two conditions
  • Willing to provide ratings on their training experience

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Currently pregnant
  • Current or previous diagnosis with psychosis or schizophrenia

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Sequential

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Control Group, No Physiological Feedback

Participants be randomly assigned to one of two different 14-unit smartphone meditation program groups that involve completing a 2-10 minute daily guided practice on their phones. Participants in both groups will follow the same 14 units of mindfulness meditation curriculum that consists of learning and practicing techniques to improve concentration, sensory clarity, and equanimity (Equa meditation app) and have access to additional curriculum. Physiological measures will be tracked throughout the duration of lessons. A subset of participants (the experimental group) will see a graph tracking their physiological responses from the guided meditation lesson and predictive mindfulness skill scores based on the algorithm development. The control group will not see the graph tracking their physiology.

experimental: Experimental Group, Physiological Feedback

Following the guided meditation lessons, a subset of participants (the experimental group) will see a graph tracking their physiological responses from the guided meditation lesson and predictive mindfulness skill scores based on the algorithm development. The feedback chart is produced by the physiological measures tracked throughout the duration of the lesson, and is displayed within the Equa app, moments after the meditation lessons concludes.

Interventions

Mindfulness Meditation

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two different 14-unit smartphone meditation program groups that involve completing a 2-10 minute daily guided practice on their phones. Participants in both groups will follow the same 14 units of mindfulness meditation curriculum that consists of learning and practicing techniques to improve concentration, sensory clarity, and equanimity (Equa meditation app) and have access to additional curriculum. Physiological measures will be tracked throughout the duration of lessons. The control group will not see the graph tracking their physiological responses or the predictive mindfulness skill scores based on the algorithm development.

Mindfulness Meditation with Respiration Feedback Chart and Predictive Mindfulness Skill Scores

Participants will then be randomly assigned to one of two different 14-unit smartphone meditation program groups that involve completing a 2-10 minute daily guided practice on their phones. Participants in both groups will follow the same 14 units of mindfulness meditation curriculum that consists of learning and practicing techniques to improve concentration, sensory clarity, and equanimity (Equa meditation app) and have access to additional curriculum. Physiological measures will be tracked throughout the duration of lessons. Following the guided meditation lessons, a subset of participants (the experimental group) will see a graph tracking their physiological responses from the guided meditation lesson and predictive mindfulness skill scores based on our algorithm development. The feedback chart is produced by the physiological measures tracked throughout the duration of the lesson, and is displayed within the Equa app, moments after the meditation lessons concludes.

Primary outcome measure

  • Assess usability and user satisfaction with respiration biosignal tracking and predictive mindfulness skill scores during meditation training to changes in mindfulness skills from pre-training to post-training [ Time Frame: Throughout 5 sessions over the course of 4 weeks (study completion) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Emily G Thomas, BA

828-773-9584emily.grace@equahealth.io

David Creswell, Ph.D.

4125353338david@equahealth.io

Locations

GATF Building

Recruiting

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213

Contacts

Emily G Thomas, BA

828-773-9584emily.grace@equahealth.io

David Creswell, Ph.D.

412-535-3338david@equahealth.io

Principal Investigator:

David Creswell, Ph.D.

More Information

Sponsor

Equa Health

Last update posted

Jul 20, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • respiration biosignal feedback
  • young adults
  • mental health
  • well-being
  • mindfulness skills
  • psychological distress

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Equa Health on 2026-07-20.