Can a phone app tame teen anxiety in the countryside?
NCT ID NCT06946823
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a smartphone app designed to help teenagers in rural New Hampshire cope with anxiety. The app sends quick, personalized suggestions for calming activities. Fifty teens aged 13-17 with mild or worse anxiety will use the app for 3 months or be placed on a waitlist. Researchers will check if the app is easy to use and if it actually lowers anxiety levels.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) smartphone app
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, accessible tool for teens in rural areas to manage anxiety on their own.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (50 teens) testing feasibility, not a proven treatment. The app may not reduce anxiety significantly, and results may not apply to other groups.
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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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2027
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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13 to 17 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: * Adolescent (age 13-17 years old) * New Hampshire resident * Fluency in English * Able to provide assent * At least mild (≥5) anxiety based on the GAD-7 assessment Exclusion Criteria: * Under 13 years old * Over 17 years old * Not a New Hampshire resident * Unable to provide assent * Less than mild (\<5) anxiety based on the GAD-7 assessment
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