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Advancing Dynamic And Personalized Training Study for Well-Being

This study is testing ways to make the Healthy Minds Program (HMP) app better at improving your well-being. Researchers want to see if personalizing the app experience can help people more. You might be able to join if you are 18 or older, speak English, have a smartphone and internet, and experience mild to moderate symptoms of depression (a PHQ-9 score of 5 or higher). You cannot join if you have meditated before, used the HMP app, have a history of psychosis or mania, plan to travel soon, or have suicidal thoughts. The study will measure changes in your depression symptoms using the PHQ-9 questionnaire to see if the app is effective. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study with 1500 planned participants. You will be randomly assigned to different versions of the HMP app experience.
What's involved
You will complete surveys at the start, weekly for 4 weeks through the HMP app, and again 3 months after the intervention period. The study will last up to 4 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
You will be followed for 3 months after the 4-week intervention period.

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NCT07051330

The Advancing Dynamic And Personalized Training Study

Recruiting
NAAges 18+Interventional
University of Wisconsin, Madison
~1,553 participants
Updated 2026-09-17 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Healthy Minds Program (HMP) app

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in PHQ-9
Measured over Baseline, week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4 (of intervention period), and 3 month follow-up (up to 4 months on study)

Conditions

Well-Being, Psychological

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Center for Healthy Minds

    Madison, Wisconsinstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Simon Goldberg, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Center for Healthy Minds

Who to contact

Simon Goldberg, PhD
[email protected]
(608) 265-8986
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Elevated symptoms of depression (PHQ-9 greater than or equal to 5)
proficiency in English
access to a smartphone and internet
ability to receive text messages

Exclusion

Prior experience with meditation
Prior use of the Healthy Minds Program app
History of psychosis or mania
Plans to travel in the next six weeks
Suicidal ideation or thoughts of self-harm indicated by PHQ-9 item 9 and BDI item 9
Failure to select the correct code word mentioned in the welcome video
Not a US citizen
Non-permanent resident
Self-identification as artificial intelligence (AI)
Has a hearing impairment

What this trial measures

  • Change in PHQ-9Baseline, week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4 (of intervention period), and 3 month follow-up (up to 4 months on study)

    PHQ-9 is a 9 item questionnaire where participants report how often in the past 2 weeks they were bothered by specific problems. It is scored on a 4-point Likert scale, where 0=not at all and 4=nearly every day. Scores range from 0-36, where higher scores indicate more depressive symptoms.