Can a smartphone app help teens with ADHD? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT06711224
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a 6-week mobile app program for 60 teens aged 13–16 with ADHD. The app includes interactive exercises, animations, and weekly calls with a therapist to help with coping skills, healthy habits, and emotions. Teens and their parents fill out questionnaires before, during, and after the program to see if it's helpful and easy to use.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- guided digital intervention (mobile app with therapist calls)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a convenient, accessible way for teens with ADHD to learn coping skills and improve daily life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study (60 teens) with no control group, so results may not prove effectiveness. It also requires stable medication and excludes other conditions.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 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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13 to 16 years
- 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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Inclusion criteria: 1. 13-16 years 2. a diagnosis of ADHD 3. parents are willing to participate in answering questionnaires pre, during, post and follow-up 4. stable medication during the study period 5. participant and parents can read, write and speak Norwegian 6. access to mobile phone and internet. Exclusion criteria: 1. Other primary diagnosis than ADHD (e.g. Autism, intellectual disabilities, severe conduct disorder) 2. clinically significant comorbid psychiatric disorder requiring treatment (e.g. major depression, severe anxiety, suicidal ideation, eating disorder) 3. follows another psychological treatment or intend to start treatment during the intervention period 4. do not follow a regular school plan (e.g. frequently with days away from school/class with different educational content than their peers).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen, Norway
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