Can a smartphone app speed up concussion recovery in teens?
NCT ID NCT07272941
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a mindfulness app can help teenagers aged 12 to 17 recover from a mild concussion or traumatic brain injury. The goal is to see if using the app improves quality of life and resilience compared to standard care. The study will involve 362 participants from five emergency departments.
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Study facts
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- 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 362 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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12 to 18 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants presenting to five PERC EDs after sustaining a direct or indirect head injury * Aged 12 through 17.99 years * Diagnosed with a definite or suspected concussion, defined by the American College of Rehabilitation Medicine definition * Score ≥6 on the 5P rule * Suffered the index injury in the previous 48 hours * Proficient in English or French Exclusion Criteria: * Glasgow Coma Scale ≤13 * Abnormality on standard neuroimaging studies, including positive head CT findings (Note: neuroimaging is not required, but may be performed if clinically indicated) * Neurosurgical operative intervention, intubation or intensive care required * Multi-system injuries with treatment requiring hospital admission, operating room or procedural sedation in ED (Note: hospital admission for observation or management of ongoing concussion symptoms is not an exclusion criteria) * Severe neurological developmental delay resulting in communication difficulties * Intellectual disability/mental retardation, autism spectrum disorder (history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disability, or Tourette's syndrome is not an exclusion) * Intoxication at the time of ED presentation as per clinician judgment * No clear history of trauma as primary events (e.g., seizure, syncope or migraine) * Prior psychiatric hospitalization * Prior diagnosis of severe psychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia (diagnosis of anxiety or depression are not exclusionary) * Inability to obtain a proper written informed consent/assent (language barrier, absence of parental authority, developmental delay, intoxication, patient too confused to consent, etc.) * Legal guardian not present (certain forms need be completed by parents/legal guardians) * No internet or mobile/tablet access. * Previously enrolled in phase 1 or phase 2 of the feasibility trial or the efficacy trial.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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BC Children's Hospital
Vancouver, Ontario, V6H 3N1, Canada
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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada
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Montreal Children's Hospital
Montreal, H4A3H9, Canada
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Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton, Ontario, T6G 2B7, Canada
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The Hospital of Sick Children (SickKids)
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
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