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Behavioral Intervention

BullyDown Program for Bullying Prevention

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Research Sponsored by Center for Innovative Public Health Research

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Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up through study completion, anticipated to be 1 year

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Study Summary

This trial tested an online program to reduce bullying among middle school students, with the aim to make the program efficient and effective.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for English-speaking 7th or 8th graders who have their own cell phone and home internet. They must be able to provide informed assent. It's not for those who can't read the screener, know someone else in the trial, or don't have an unlimited text messaging plan.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

BullyDown is a bullying prevention program delivered via text messages to middle school students. The study compares BullyDown with an attention-matched control group to see which is more effective at preventing bullying.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention involves text messaging, there are no direct medical side effects; however, potential non-medical issues could include increased screen time or possible stress from content.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ through study completion, anticipated to be 1 year

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~through study completion, anticipated to be 1 year

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and through study completion, anticipated to be 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Acceptability of the intervention

Feasibility of the intervention

Other outcome measures

Relatively higher rates of bystanding behavior in the intervention versus control group

Relatively lower rates of aggressive behavior in the intervention versus control group

Relatively lower rates of bullying perpetration in the intervention versus control group

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: BullyDown interventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group II: Healthy lifestyle controlPlacebo Group1 Intervention

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Center for Innovative Public Health ResearchLead Sponsor

9 Previous Clinical Trials

7,748 Total Patients Enrolled

University of North Carolina, Chapel HillOTHER

1,508 Previous Clinical Trials

4,190,892 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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To what extent is participation being sought for this medical experiment?

"Affirmative. Evidence from clinicaltrials.gov suggests that this trial is currently looking for volunteers to participate, commencing from August 15th 2023 and last updated on the 25th of same month. There are 150 spots available at a single site."

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Is there still an opportunity for participants to join this trial?

"Affirmative. Information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov indicates that this medical trial is actively enrolling patients at present, with 150 participants being sought from 1 medical site since its first posting on August 15th 2023 and last update on the 25th of August in the same year."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

BullyDown, a Text Messaging-based Bullying Prevention Program for Middle School-aged Youth

2023. "BullyDown, a Text Messaging-based Bullying Prevention Program for Middle School-aged Youth". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06017050.