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

NCT06997120 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2026-03-10

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Summary

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?

Conditions

  • Behavioral Health

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Bodhi AIM (intervention group)

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.

BEHAVIORAL

HIB (control group)

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-06-05
Primary Completion
2029-05-31
Completion
2029-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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