Testing the Effectiveness and Implementation of a Meditation App for Youth in the Legal System

Part of paid clinical trials in Chicago, Illinois.

Sponsor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Study ID
NCT06997120
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Behavioral Health

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
13 Years - 20 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Bodhi AIM (intervention group) — BEHAVIORAL
    AIM (Action In Mindfulness) is a smartphone app that teaches users to establish a daily meditation practice via a 30-day "path," with each day consisting of a brief audio- or video-guided file. In addition to the 30 daily path files, users have access to a menu of "to go" audio-guided meditation practices that they may access any time to prepare for particular situations.
  • HIB (control group) — BEHAVIORAL
    HIB (Health In Balance) is a smartphone app that is matched to AIM for time and structure, but includes health promotion content (e.g., educational information on substance use) in place of the meditation content featured in AIM. Like AIM, HIB includes a 30-day "path" of audio and video files, along with a menu of "to go" audio files that users may access any time to review key intervention concepts.

Study Details

The goals of this hybrid type 2 randomized controlled trial (RCT) are to evaluate the effectiveness and individual-level implementation of a 1-month app-based meditation program with youth on probation in Cook County, IL. The primary questions it is designed to answer are: 1. Is the meditation app associated with improvements in behavioral health outcomes including cannabis use problems? 2. Do improvements in emotion regulation appear to mediate the effects of the meditation app on these behavioral health outcomes? 3. Will youth adequately adhere to the meditation app?

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 5, 2025
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
May 31, 2029
Completion
May 31, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Bodhi AIM
    Participants randomized to the intervention arm will receive the Bodhi AIM meditation app.
  • Active Comparator: HIB
    Participants randomized to the active control arm will receive the HIB health promotion app.

Primary Outcome Measure

Cannabis use problems [ Time Frame: baseline, 1 month, 6 months ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoIllinois60612
Ashley D Kendall, PhD
[email protected]
312-355-1836
Ashley D Kendall, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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