Can a smartphone app help close the ADHD care gap for minority children?
NCT ID NCT06900673
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to reduce disparities in ADHD care by adapting an evidence-based school program with mobile health technology. Researchers will test the digital tool with 350 participants, including students, parents, teachers, and school mental health providers in low-income and minority communities. The goal is to improve access, usability, and child outcomes compared to usual school services.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Collaborative Life Skills program adapted with mHealth technology
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make evidence-based ADHD interventions more accessible and effective for underserved children in schools.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small sample and no guarantee the digital tool will improve outcomes or be widely adopted.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.
- Participants
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About 350 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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7 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants in study must be be teachers, parents of children with ADHD, and school mental health providers. * Students will be identified by school staff and administrators, with whom the investigators have existing relationships. * Caregivers/parents will be included if their students are: * Enrolled full-time in a participating elementary schools. * In a mainstream classroom for the majority of the school day * In 2nd- 5th grade * Are eligible for free or reduced lunch * Parents must also live with the identified child. Exclusion Criteria: • Parents are excluded from the study if their children have: * Significant visual impairment * Significant hearing impairment * Severe language delay * Psychosis * Pervasive developmental disorder * Global intellectual impairment.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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San Diego State University HealthLINK Center for Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research
San Diego, California, 92182, United States
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