Mobile Behavioral Parent Training for Childhood ADHD: Pilot Trial

August 28, 2025 updated by: Florida International University

Personalizing Behavioral Parent Training: Improving Reach and Outcomes for Families of Children With ADHD

The goal of the study is to develop and pilot a personalized behavioral parent training intervention for caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The behavioral intervention will teach positive parenting through videos and quizzes that caregivers can access through a smartphone application. The program also gives parents and caregivers in-the-moment feedback their use of parenting strategies.

The main questions to answer are:

Is parenting feedback provided by a smartphone application acceptable to caregivers? Is the phone application usable and acceptable to parents and caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

In the pilot trial, participants (parents/caregivers) will be randomly assigned to either (1) use the positive parenting intervention phone application (mobile Behavioral Parent Training: mBPT) or (2) use mBPT and receive brief, personalized phone prompts throughout their participation that target parenting behavior and intervention engagement.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

56

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • Buffalo, New York, United States, 14226
        • Center for Children and Families of Western New York

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • currently meets Diagnostic Statistical Manual 5 diagnostic criteria for ADHD
  • ages 7 -12
  • has at least one parent or primary caregiver who is willing to participate and is able to access the intervention at home via smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • N/A

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: mBPT only
Behavioral: Mobile Behavioral Parent Training (mBPT)
The mobile phone application includes behavioral parent training content (for example, praise, effective commands, reward systems) delivered in videos, examples, and quizzes that parents/caregivers access.
Experimental: mBPT and just-in-time adaptive intervention
Behavioral: Mobile Behavioral Parent Training (mBPT)
The mobile phone application includes behavioral parent training content (for example, praise, effective commands, reward systems) delivered in videos, examples, and quizzes that parents/caregivers access.
Behavioral: Just-in-time intervention: Parenting Strategies
Parents will receive prompts via phone that provide parenting suggestions and parenting feedback when they are interacting with their child.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Intervention Engagement
Time Frame: Through study completion, average of 10 weeks
Number of mobile BPT sessions completed divided by the total number of sessions available.
Through study completion, average of 10 weeks
Receipt of Prompts
Time Frame: Through study completion, average of 10 weeks
Percent of prompts sent that were opened within 20 minutes of being sent
Through study completion, average of 10 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Passive Audio Data- Positive Parenting
Time Frame: During the last 1 week of study completion
Parenting Behavior- Dyadic Parent Child Interaction Coding System, number of labeled praises and unlabeled praises per hour during last week of study.
During the last 1 week of study completion

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Florida International University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 14, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

August 14, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 12, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 19, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

July 21, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

August 29, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 28, 2025

Last Verified

August 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1R34MH128513 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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