Recruiting

Meditation App

Sponsor:

University of Illinois at Chicago

Code:

NCT07674303

Conditions

Behavioral Health

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 13 - 20

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Bodhi AIM

HIB

Study Details

Brief summary:

This multi-site feasibility clinical trial aims to assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with youth in 4 heterogeneous juvenile legal systems across Oregon and New York. The primary question it is designed to answer is: Will youth adequately adhere to the 1-month meditation app across sites? Secondary feasibility outcomes pertain to recruitment, randomization, retention, and survey completion.

Conditions

Behavioral Health

Study ID

NCT07674303

Start date

Jul 30, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jun, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 13 - 20

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 13-20 years old
  • In probation or related programming (i.e., in legal programming but not detained) in Oregon or New York State
  • Have access to an Apple/Android smartphone
  • Understand and provide assent/consent
  • Have legal guardian permission (if under 18 years old)
  • English-speaking, due to norming of instruments

Exclusion Criteria:

\- There are no exclusion criteria.

Study Design

Enrollment

120 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Bodhi AIM

Participants randomized to the intervention arm will receive the Bodhi AIM meditation app.

active comparator: HIB

Participants randomized to the active control arm will receive the HIB health promotion app.

Interventions

Bodhi AIM

Bodhi AIM (Action In Mindfulness) is a smartphone-based app that teaches users to establish a daily meditation practice via a 30-day "path," with each day consisting of a brief audio- or video-guided file. In addition to the 30 daily path files, users have access to a menu of "to go" audio-guided meditation practices that they may access any time to prepare for particular situations (e.g., attending a party).

HIB

HIB (Health In Balance) is a smartphone-based app that is matched to Bodhi AIM for time and structure, but includes health promotion content (e.g., educational information on substance use) in place of the meditation content featured in Bodhi AIM. Like Bodhi AIM, HIB includes a 30-day "path" of audio and video files, along with a menu of "to go" audio files that users may access any time to review key intervention concepts.

Primary outcome measure

  • App adherence (binary) [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
  • App adherence (continuous) [ Time Frame: 1 month ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Ashley D Kendall, PhD

312-355-1836akendall@uic.edu

Locations

University of Illinois Chicago

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

Contacts

Ashley D Kendall, PhD

312-355-1836akendall@uic.edu

Principal Investigator:

Ashley D Kendall, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Illinois at Chicago

Last update posted

Aug 7, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Illinois at Chicago on 2026-08-07.