Geolocation Positional System (GPS) Experience

Last updated: August 19, 2024
Sponsor: University of Miami
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Depression

Treatment

Modifying Exploration

Clinical Study ID

NCT05991713
20150678
R01MH133693
  • Ages 18-50
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to use smartphone technology to capture individual location emotional and cognitive data, to examine how real-world behaviors thoughts, emotions, and brain activity are related to one another.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must agree to give informed consent

  • Must be willing to have an functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) scan

  • Must be able to receive and respond to daily text messages assessing current emotion

  • Must be willing to download and run a GPS tracking application (FollowMee) ontotheir smartphone for a four-month period

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • history of head trauma, seizures, or neurological disorders

  • severe/unstable medical conditions

  • conditions that interfere with MRI

  • pregnancy

  • lifetime psychotic/bipolar disorder

  • chronic/severe substance or alcohol abuse/dependence

  • antipsychotic medication

Study Design

Total Participants: 100
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Modifying Exploration
Phase:
Study Start date:
November 02, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
September 01, 2028

Study Description

The observational portion of this study was initially approved in 2015, this is a subset of the initially approved study and it is a clinical trial of 100 participants.

Connect with a study center

  • University of Miami

    Coral Gables, Florida 33146
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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