Can a Teen-Designed app and peer helpers boost youth mental health care?
NCT ID NCT06122688
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a smartphone app, co-created with teens, plus trained peer navigators can help more young people ages 13-22 get mental health care in schools and clinics. Over 8,000 youth will take part across multiple sites. The goal is to see if this approach increases the number of youth who start treatment after being referred.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Connected for Wellness (CFW) app and peer navigation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that combining a co-designed app with peer navigators helps more young people start mental health care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on measuring care initiation, not clinical outcomes. The app and navigator model may not work in all settings or for all youth.
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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 8,360 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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13 to 99 years
- 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: * Youth 13-22 enrolled in high school or participating primary care clinics, and their caregivers. Exclusion Criteria: * Those not meeting inclusion criteria
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Conditions
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