Body clock app aims to boost student happiness and focus
NCT ID NCT07410585
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using a smartphone app (Owaves) for 7 weeks can improve college students' well-being by helping them align their daily activities with their natural sleep-wake rhythm. Researchers will measure changes in happiness, focus, energy, and mindfulness in 400 undergraduate students at UC San Diego. The goal is to see if real-time tracking and personalized recommendations can boost flourishing.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Owaves App (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, app-based way to boost well-being and productivity in students.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with no control group, so results may be weak or not apply to other groups. The app's recommendations may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Currently an undergraduate students from University of California, San Diego (UCSD) * Age 18 or older * has access to a device to answer Qualtrics questions * has access to a device that can download the MyBodyClock App (Apple iPhone or Apple iPad) Exclusion Criteria: \- Participants who are under the age of 18, are not undergraduate students at UCSD, or do not have access to the Qualtrics question platform and/or the MyBodyClock App
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UC San Diego
RECRUITINGLa Jolla, California, 92037, United States