Can a phone app boost teen mental health in schools?
NCT ID NCT07667179
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a digital mental health platform called NAVO:J can help teens feel better. About 250 students will use the app in weekly group sessions at school for 17 weeks. Researchers will measure changes in depression, anxiety, stress, and resilience to see if the program works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- NAVO:J digital mental health platform
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer schools a simple, scalable way to improve teen mental health and reduce depression and anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with no control group, so results may not prove the platform is better than usual support. Effects may also vary by student.
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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 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
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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7 to 19 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: * Students who apply for the group intervention program * Possession of an internet-enabled smartphone * Consent to study participation by both the participant and their legal guardian Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to install or run "NAVO:J" on the participant's smartphone * Current participation in another interventional study * A medical condition severe enough to preclude the intervention or outcome assessment * Judged by the researcher to be unlikely to participate cooperatively through the end of the study
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ajou Medical University
Suwon, 16499, South Korea
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