Recruiting

Mindfulness App

Sponsor:

Florida State University

Code:

NCT07170202

Conditions

Healthy Participants

Feasibility Studies

Acceptability

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 29

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Mindfulness Smartphone Application

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of different types of text messages and a integrated gaming app to increase engagement in a mindfulness mobile health application.

1. Does receiving text messages increase engagement in a mindfulness app?
2. Does an integrated gaming app increase engagement in a mindfulness app?

Researchers will examine whether participants engage more in a mindfulness mobile health application if they receive text messages and if they engage in additional gaming app on their smartphone. Participants will:

1. Use a mindfulness and gaming mobile health application for 28-days.
2. Complete a pre-study survey, post-study survey, follow-up interview, and 3-month follow-up survey in addition to daily brief surveys.

Conditions

Healthy Participants

Feasibility Studies

Acceptability

Study ID

NCT07170202

Start date

Sep 30, 2025

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Aug 6, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 2, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 29

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

18-29 years old First-generation college student Undergraduate college student Living in the United States Meet criteria for binge drinking (5 drinks in about 2 hours) or heavy drinking (more than 14 drinks per week).

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: Reciprocity

Reciprocity text messages include giving participants a message with an solicited reward (e.g., credits in gaming app, $1).

other: Episodic Future Thinking

Episodic Future Thinking text messages include giving participants a message that encourages them to think vividly about their future

other: No text message

Participants receive no text message in this arm

Interventions

Mindfulness Smartphone Application

A mindfulness mobile health smartphone application that has mindfulness information and practice videos.

Primary outcome measure

  • Mobile Health Engagement [ Time Frame: 1 month ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Laura Reid Marks, PhD

(850)644-2334laura.reidmarks@med.fsu.edu

FSU CTBS

850-644-2234ctbscience@med.fsu.edu

Locations

Florida State University Center for Translational Behavioral Science

Recruiting

Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 32305

Contacts

Laura Reid Marks, PhD

laura.reidmarks@med.fsu.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Florida State University

Last update posted

Jul 13, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Florida State University on 2026-07-13.