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My Future Self Program for Teenage Pregnancy Prevention

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Recruiting

Led By Mona Desai

Research Sponsored by Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up past 90 days

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test an intervention to help 16-19yo youth in LA and San Diego prevent pregnancy, who face difficult challenges like poverty, unstable housing, involvement with child welfare or juvenile justice. It's a 5 week program with 5 group sessions, enrolling up to 704 participants. They'll take surveys before, 6 months and 12 months later.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for English-speaking youth aged 16-19 in Los Angeles and San Diego who are not traditionally schooled, may face issues like unstable housing or poverty, and are not currently pregnant. They should be available locally for the duration of the 5-week program.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

'My Future Self' is a new group intervention aimed at preventing teen pregnancy. It's a 5-week program tested against regular services provided to youths in non-traditional settings. Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive this intervention or just continue with their usual services.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since 'My Future Self' is an educational group intervention rather than a medical treatment, it does not have side effects in the traditional sense. However, participants might experience emotional or psychological responses to discussions during sessions.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ past 90 days

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~past 90 days

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and past 90 days for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Protection from pregnancy in the past 90 days

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: My Future Self InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

My Future Self - 5 group sessions; 1 hour each over 5 weeks; content includes: health education around abstinence and contraception methods, and consideration of goals of parenthood and family planning in their adult future; future plans, discussion of healthy intimate partner relationships/

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Youth will continue to receive any services that they would normally receive around health education.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

ETR AssociatesOTHER

11 Previous Clinical Trials

9,443 Total Patients Enrolled

Children's Hospital Los AngelesLead Sponsor

232 Previous Clinical Trials

5,075,820 Total Patients Enrolled

Mona DesaiPrincipal InvestigatorChildren's Hospital Los Angeles

Media Library

My Future Self Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05796687 — N/A

Teenage Pregnancy Research Study Groups: My Future Self Intervention, Control

Teenage Pregnancy Clinical Trial 2023: My Future Self Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05796687 — N/A

My Future Self 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05796687 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are persons of greater seniority eligible for this investigation?

"This study seeks patients between the age of 16 and 19, inclusive."

Answered by AI

What is the population size of this research experiment?

"Affirmative. The clinicaltrials.gov website attests that this medical investigation is currenty enrolling participants, having first been posted on April 13th 2023 and most recently updated on August 7th 2023. This trial requires recruiting a total of 704 patients from one location."

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How can I partake in this clinical research?

"Potential candidates for this clinical trial must have experienced a teenage pregnancy and be between 16-19 years old. This study aims to recruit around 704 participants in total."

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Are participants being enrolled in this research project at the present moment?

"Affirmative, clinicaltrials.gov contains information that suggests this medical study is actively accepting patients at the moment. The initial posting was on April 13th 2023 and it has been amended most recently on August 7th 2023. Approximately seven hundred individuals are being warranted from a single medical centre for participation in this trial."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Evaluation of My Future Self, an New Teen Pregnancy Prevention Group Intervention for Youth in Non-traditional Settings

Mona Desai 2023. "Evaluation of My Future Self, an New Teen Pregnancy Prevention Group Intervention for Youth in Non-traditional Settings". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05796687.