An interventional study of interactive website in Social Media Literacy, sponsored by Boston University. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-28.
Sponsored by Boston University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
The investigators have been developing an interactive psychoeducational website as a brief preventive intervention to enhance social media literacy. This study will determine if the website is feasible and acceptable to adults.
201 studies on the registry are indexed under Literacy; 69 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 120 is close to the median of 124 across 170 interventional studies indexed under Literacy.
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Of its 31 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 24 (77%) have results posted.
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The criteria were revised on the registry on Oct 28, 2026. See what changed
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Exclusion Criteria:
Participants will be encouraged to complete modules on an interactive website with a series of short didactic videos and interactive activities.
Other: interactive website
A brief, web-based psychoeducational intervention that addresses substance use and eating disorders which takes 25-45 minutes to complete.
Intervention feasibility
A validated scale by Weiner et al., 2017 will be used to assess feasibility. It has 4 items assessing dimensions of feasibility with response options ranging from Completely agree (1) to Completely disagree (5). Scores can range from 4 to 20 and lower scores suggest greater feasibility.
Time frame: 24-48 hours after web-based intervention
Intervention acceptability
A validated scale by Weiner et al., 2017 will be used to assess acceptability. It has 4 items assessing perceived acceptability with response options ranging from Completely agree (1) to Completely disagree (5). Scores can range from 4 to 20 and lower scores suggest greater acceptability.
Time frame: 24-48 hours after web-based intervention
Plan to share: No
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Start is estimated for Jan 2027; primary completion for Dec 2027, 11 months later.
Of 115 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Literacy, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 20. This study's planned 11 months is close to that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 117 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 19.
Since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026, the dates moved once, on Oct 28, 2026: start Nov 2026 → Jan 2027, primary completion Sep 2028 → Dec 2027 and completion Sep 2028 → Dec 2027.
Earlier changes are on the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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