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Wellness app aims to ease anxiety and boost mood – but does it work?

NCT ID NCT05810259

Symptom relief Sponsor: Yale University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

Researchers at Yale University are testing whether a smartphone app called Caravan Wellness can improve quality of life, reduce stress, and ease symptoms of anxiety and depression. The app offers short mindfulness and light exercise modules like yoga and meditation. The study will enroll 120 adults in the U.S. and track changes in mindfulness, exercise habits, and overall well-being over time.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Caravan Wellness app (digital platform with mindfulness and light exercise modules)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could point toward a simple, accessible way to boost well-being and reduce everyday stress and anxiety.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study with no control for placebo effects. Results may not apply to everyone, and the app may not lead to lasting changes.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

About 120 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

May 2024

Expected to finish

Mar 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Resides in United States Exclusion Criteria: * Any individual who endorses any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: * Positive Health Screening Questions, as measured by the Health Screening Questionnaire (HSQ): * Pain, discomfort or pressure in the chest, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting, or blackout, blood pressure with systolic greater than 140 or diastolic greater than 90, diagnosed or treated for any heart disease, heart murmur, chest pain (angina), palpitations (irregular beat), or heart attack, heart surgery, angioplasty, or a pacemaker, valve replacement, or heart transplant, resting pulse greater than 100 beats per minute, any arthritis, back trouble, hip /knee/joint /pain, or any other bone or joint condition, personal experience or doctor's advice of any other medical or physical reason that would prohibit the participant from doing light to moderate physical exercise, personal physician's recommendation against participating in light to moderate physical exercise because of asthma, diabetes, epilepsy or elevated cholesterol or a hernia. * Positive Psychiatric Disorders Screening Questions: * Positive screen for depression, excluding suicide (PHQ-8) cutoff score \> 6 * Positive screen for panic (SMPD) cutoff score \> 2 * Positive screen for generalized anxiety (GAD-7) cutoff score \> 10 * Positive screen psychosis (PDSQ) via psychosis section, cutoff score \> 3 * Positive screen mania via the Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale (ASRM) cutoff score \> 6

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

anxiety anxiety disorder Depression depressive disorder Motor Activity Psychological Well-Being

As listed by the trial registrant

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Anxiety Depression Quality of life Wellness

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Yale University

    RECRUITING

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

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