Clinical trials: Serious Games
Cerebral Palsy, Brain Injury
Validation of a 3D Instrumented Serious Game to Evaluate Upper Limb Impairments in Children With Neuromotor Disorders
The goal of this clinical trial is to validate an instrumented 3D serious game to assess upper limb impairments in children with neuromotor disorders.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Brain Injury, Neurological; Disorder, Nervous System
- Trial name
- Play2BEAPI (NCT06774456)
- Testing
- instrumented 3D serious game (BE API 3.0)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
Growing up With the Young Endocrine Support System (YESS!)
Transition from paediatric to adult endocrinology is a challenge for adolescents, families and doctors. Up to 25% of young adults with chronic endocrine disorders are lost to follow-up ('drop-out') once the young adult moves out…
- Conditions
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism, Growth Hormone Deficiency, Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency
- Trial name
- YESS (NCT04252001)
- Testing
- YESS! game, Snake '97, Transition-toolkit
- Where
- 7 sites in Belgium, Netherlands and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- dr. Laura C. G. de Graaff-Herder
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Development and Evaluation of Hygie, a New Serious Game for Continuing Medical Education of General Practitioners
We produced a prototype video game called Hygie on the 5 most common reasons of consultation in general practice using 9 articles from independent journals based on evidence (reviews by Prescrire and Minerva).
- Trial name
- NCT03486275
- Testing
- Hygie, Source articles
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 3,398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hygie
Obesity, Child
Kids Obesity Prevention Program - Study (KOP)
Obesity and its associated comorbidities are becoming a key and rapidly growing public health problem. The cause of obesity is an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure in favor of the former.
- Trial name
- KOP (NCT02551978)
- Testing
- The serious game KOP
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Amblyopia, Healthy
Amblyopia and Stereoptic Games for Vision
Amblyopia is the most common developmental vision disorder in children, caused by abnormal visual experience in early life, especially a difference in refraction between the eyes, a misalignment of the eye axes, a combination of…
- Trial name
- AMBER (NCT05114252)
- Testing
- Vivid Vision Home, Refractive error correction
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pawel Matusz, PhD
Education, Nursing, Critical Thinking
The Effect of Serious Game Developed for Nursing Students
The aim of the study is to assess whether students' knowledge level, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills have increased after the serious game and standard patients practice.
- Conditions
- Education, Nursing, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Self-Confidence
- Trial name
- NCT05321303
- Testing
- Serious Game, Standard Patients
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Obesity, Child
Kids Obesity Prevention Program Part 2
Obesity and its associated comorbidities are becoming a key and rapidly growing public health problem. The cause of obesity is an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure in favor of the former.
- Trial name
- KOP-2 (NCT02942823)
- Testing
- The serious game "KOP"
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Heart Disease
Digital Cardiovascular Health Promotion Among School-going Adolescents in Nepal
The goal of this HRIDAYA project is to see if a digital mobile game can improve knowledge about heart disease among school-going adolescents. The researchers will divide adolescents of public and private schools into two groups.
- Trial name
- HRIDAYA (NCT06668675)
- Testing
- A serious game known as the 'Happy Heart' will be used as the intervention.
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 345 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital
Educational Problems, Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality Serious Game Design for Promoting Children's Science Education Cognition
Background：The process of constructing knowledge in the context of children's science education plays a significant role in fostering the development of early scientific literacy.
- Conditions
- Educational Problems, Augmented Reality, Serious Game
- Trial name
- NCT06184022
- Testing
- Augmented reality serious game design for promoting children's science education cognition:
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Nursing Teaching Pedagogy, Conversational AI Nursing Education Serious Game
Artificial Intelligence-Based Emergency Triage Education Tool in Enhancing Clinical Critical Thinking and Triage Practice
The study aims to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) based emergency triage education tool for providing critical thinking and questioning skills training to nursing students.
- Trial name
- NCT06811987
- Testing
- Instructor-led AI-Triage educational serious game, Self play AI-Triage educational serious game
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Type 1 Diabetes, Asthma
EmoTIChealth: Promoting Adolescent Health Through a Serious Game.
The intervention program targets adolescents between 12 and 16 years of age. The intervention program is designed for adolescents during a critical developmental stage marked by significant life transitions, where building strong…
- Conditions
- Type 1 Diabetes, Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, Food Allergy
- Trial name
- NCT07212530
- Testing
- EmoTIChealth
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Improving Daily Living Skills in People With Autism Spectrum Disorder Through a Personalised Serious Game
This study evaluates the efficacy of a rehabilitation intervention for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder through an individualised serious game developed for improving skills related to a specific daily living activity…
- Trial name
- NCT04295746
- Testing
- Serious Game ShopAut
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federico II University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism
Using Serious Games to Improve Social Skills in Autism
The investigators will conduct a small-scale randomized control trial comparing the intervention game to an active control game, and will assess outcomes at multiple time points (pre-, post-, 6-month follow-up).
- Trial name
- SAGA (NCT03690661)
- Testing
- Intervention Video Game
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Advance Care Planning
EFFECTIVENESS: Hopewell Hospitalist: A Video Game Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning by Hospitalists
Hopewell Hospitalist is a theory-based adventure video game designed to increase the likelihood that a physician will engage in an advance care planning (ACP) conversation with a patient over the age of 65.
- Trial name
- NCT04881968
- Testing
- Hopewell Hospitalist Video Game
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,261 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
First Aid, Health Education in Schoolchildren
Mobile Game-Based Versus Classic First Aid Education in Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this three-arm, stratified randomized controlled trial is to learn whether a mobile serious game improves first aid knowledge in high school students aged 14 to 17 years compared with classic first aid education and…
- Conditions
- First Aid, Health Education in Schoolchildren, Adolescent Health
- Trial name
- CanKurtaranRCT (NCT07922057)
- Testing
- Mobile serious game-based first aid education, Classic first aid education, Nutrition education on food label reading (attention control)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Interpersonal Relations
The Effectiveness of a Serious Game Targeting Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Early Adolescents
Background: Adaptive interpersonal emotion regulation (iER) is a vital tool for positive relations. During early adolescence, peer relations become increasingly important, making this age group a relevant target group for…
- Trial name
- NCT04808102
- Testing
- IER AG, BubbleShooter
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences
Cerebral Palsy
Serious Games for Serious Outcomes: Enhancing Cognition, Balance, and Quality of Life in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often face challenges with balance, movement, and skills such as memory, problem-solving, and attention. These difficulties can affect not only daily activities but also their quality of life.
- Trial name
- Games4CP (NCT07158424)
- Testing
- Serious games, Intensive rehabilitation, Physical therapy
- Where
- Ukraine
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nataliya Hrabarchuk
Healthy
Effectiveness of the Serious Game 'Broodles' for Siblings of Children With Visual Impairment and/or Intellectual Disability
The support for siblings of children with disabilities is scarce and fragmented, even though studies have shown that these siblings can benefit from support.
- Trial name
- NCT05376007
- Testing
- Serious game 'Broodles'
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VU University of Amsterdam
Nutrition Intervention
Rewarding Healthy Food Choices: a Mobile Serious Game Intervention in Adolescents
The aim of this study is to conduct an outcome and process evaluation of the REWARD intervention, a serious game intervention using reward-based strategies as a main method to trigger healthy snacking in Flemish adolescents.
- Trial name
- REWARD (NCT02622165)
- Testing
- The REWARD serious game intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,463 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Eating Behavior
The Effect of a Serious Health Game on Children's Eating Behavior
Background: Currently the dietary intake patterns of children do not meet the prescribed dietary guidelines. Consequently childhood obesity is one of the most serious health concerns.
- Trial name
- NCT05025995
- Testing
- Serious health game
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 157 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tilburg University