RECRUITING

text4FATHER R21: Social Media - Efficacy Trial

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

This project will be the first to examine the efficacy of a text messaging intervention designed to recruit first-time fathers-to-be using social media across the U.S. to become involved during pregnancy through two months of postnatal age to support infant, mother, and father well-being.

Official Title

Adapting text4FATHER to Directly Link to First-time Expectant Fathers Using Social Media to Improve Infant and Family Health

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-09-10
Study Completion:2025-10
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06289101

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.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Aged ≥18 years
  2. * Live in the U.S.
  3. * Speak English
  4. * Mother gestational age at enrollment less than 25 weeks
  5. * First-time father-to-be
  6. * Willing/able to receive texts.
  1. * Individuals who are minors
  2. * Do not speak English
  3. * Unable to provide informed consent
  4. * Not a first-time father
  5. * Not willing/unable to receive texts
  6. * In the past 12 months, any safety concern reported between father-to-be and the mother-to-be, including report of any physical, emotional, sexual harm, threatening behaviors, police involvement, restraining or protective order

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Arik V Marcell, MD, MPH
CONTACT
4432878946
amarcell@jhu.edu

Principal Investigator

Arik Marcell, MD, MPH
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Johns Hopkins Dept of Pediatrics / Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Study Locations (Sites)

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University

  • Arik Marcell, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins Dept of Pediatrics / Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

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 Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-09-10
Study Completion Date2025-10

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-09-10
Study Completion Date2025-10

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Fatherhood

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Fathers
  • Mobile Health
  • Nuclear Family