Can a Doctor's visit stop dating violence? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07039253
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study tests a program called Engaging Together for Healthy Relationships, designed to help caregivers and teens talk about and prevent dating violence. The program is delivered during regular pediatric check-ups. Researchers will enroll about 120 teens aged 12-16 and their parents to see if the program is acceptable and practical in a primary care setting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Engaging Together for Healthy Relationships program (a behavioral intervention for caregivers and adolescents)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical way to prevent dating violence among teens during routine doctor visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early pilot study with no control group, so it cannot prove the program works. Results may not apply to all families.
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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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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.
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12 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 Providers: 1. Sees patient at an eligible primary care clinic 2. Speaks and understands English 3. Age 18 or older 4. Identifies as a pediatrician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant (pediatric primary care healthcare provider) Adolescents 1. Age 12 to 16 2. Attending an upcoming well-child visit from a provider enrolled in the study 3. Caregiver who is accompanying well-child visit with adolescent is also participating 4. Speaks and understands English Parents 1. Is parent or primary caregiver for an adolescent age 12 to 16 2. Adolescent has an upcoming well-child visit with a provider enrolled in the study 3. Accompanying child to the well-visit 4. Adolescent is interested and eligible to participate in study 5. Speaks and understand English Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to assent/consent * Does not meet inclusion criteria
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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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UPMC Children's Community Practice
RECRUITINGMonongahela, Pennsylvania, 15063, United States
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