Mobile Health App Support for People with Chronic Neurological Conditions
Tests a mobile health system to help people with spinal or brain injuries manage care.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Pittsburgh
- Where
- Pittsburgh, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Mobile Health Self-Management and Support System for Chronic and Complex Health Conditions
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 160 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Oct 2019
- Planned end
- Sept 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- MHealth
- Record updated
- 3 September 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for people aged 12 or older with a long-term, complex health condition such as spina bifida, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injury. They must live in the community and pass the screening tests.
- Age
- 12 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- A diagnosis of a chronic and complex condition such as Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Injury, Cerebral Palsy or Traumatic Brain Injury.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Severe intellectual disability
- Severe and persistent psychiatric illness
- Severe impairments that the mHealth system cannot accommodate, so the person fails all screening tests
- Living in a residential facility that provides care to them
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- 12 years or older
- have a diagnosis of a chronic and complex condition such as Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Traumatic Brain Injury, etc
- live in a community setting (not within a residential facility that provides care to them)
- pass all the functional screening tests which include basic usage of a smart phone, and impairment severity assessments
Who cannot take part
- Diagnosis of severe intellectual disability or severe and persistent psychiatric illness
- Failing all the screening tests due to severe impairments that cannot be accommodated by the mHealth system (for patient participants)
Where in United States
- University of PittsburghPittsburgh, United StatesContact: Zara Ambadar, Ph.D.Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study will assess the benefits of using mobile health system designed for individuals with chronic and complex health conditions (such as those with Spinal Cord Injury,Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, and Traumatic Brain Injury) to improve their wellness and self-management skills compared to those who receive standard of care only.
The 2 groups in the trial
- MHealth GroupTreatment being tested
Participants randomized into this group will use the mHealth system throughout the study in conjunction with their standard of care
Treatment: MHealth
- ControlNo study treatment, for comparison
Participants randomized into this group will not use the mHealth system throughout the study, but will continue with their standard of care.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Mobile Health Self-Management and Support System for Chronic and Complex Health Conditions (Component 3)
- Plain-language title
- Mobile Health App Support for People with Chronic Neurological ConditionsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Publications
- The Effect of the Interactive Mobile Health and Rehabilitation System on Health and Psychosocial Outcomes in Spinal Cord Injury: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research, 2019
- Record updated
- 3 September 2026