Plain-English translation of NCT06819813 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
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This trial is testing a smartphone app called VIBE (Virtual Intervention for Binge Eating) designed to help teenagers who struggle with binge eating or overeating. The app combines skill-building games and coaching from a trained counselor to help you understand and change eating patterns. The study will follow you for 16 weeks of active use, plus a 4-month follow-up to see if the app helps you develop healthier eating habits.
Many teenagers struggle with loss-of-control eating or binge eating, but there aren't many convenient, accessible treatments they can use on their own phones. This trial exists to test whether a mobile app with coaching support can help young people learn to manage these eating patterns and improve their relationship with food.
You'll start with a virtual assessment visit where you and a parent will answer questions about your eating, mood, and technology use. If you're a good fit, you'll do a one-week test run wearing a fitness tracker and smart scale, plus some food check-ins with the research team. If that goes well, you'll use the VIBE app with coaching support for 16 weeks, doing short skill-building games and speaking with a coach. You'll have check-in visits at 8 weeks, at the end of the 16 weeks, and again 4 months later—each taking about 90–120 minutes and including weight checks, fitness tracking, food recalls, and surveys.
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