Can a smartphone app help teens with chronic illnesses manage weight?
NCT ID NCT07638345
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a mobile app called Adhera Caring Digital Program for Obesity (ACDP-O) in 280 families. The app provides personalized education, mental health monitoring, and wearable device integration to support weight management and well-being in adolescents and young adults with obesity and chronic conditions like type 1 diabetes or asthma. The goal is to see if the program is feasible and acceptable, and whether it improves mental health, quality of life, and healthy behaviors over three months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Adhera Caring Digital Program-Obesity (ACDP-O) - a mobile app with educational content, coaching, and wearable device support
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a scalable, family-centered digital tool to help teens with chronic conditions manage weight and improve mental well-being.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early feasibility study with no control group, so results may not prove effectiveness. The app relies on user engagement, which may vary.
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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 280 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: * Adult caregiver (aged 18 years or older) of an adolescent or young adult aged 12 to 21 years diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) or asthma. * The caregiver is actively involved in the management of the adolescent's or young adult's condition. * The adolescent or young adult must meet one of the following criteria: * T1D and normal weight (BMI between the 10th and 85th percentile), or * T1D and overweight/obesity (BMI ≥85th percentile), or * Asthma and overweight/obesity (BMI ≥85th percentile). * Willingness to participate in the Adhera Caring Digital Program-Obesity (ACDP-O). * Access to a smartphone or internet-enabled device compatible with the study application. * Willingness to provide self-reported information regarding the adolescent's or young adult's health status, including disease-related and anthropometric measures. * For caregivers of participants with T1D, willingness to share continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) information. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe psychiatric or cognitive conditions that would interfere with participation in the digital intervention. * Current participation in another obesity- or chronic disease-related digital health intervention study. * Inability or unwillingness to comply with study procedures. * Refusal or inability to provide informed consent.
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Conditions
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Locations
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Adhera Health (Virtual Participation)
RECRUITINGSeville, Spain
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