Clinical trials: Misinformation
COVID-19, Vaccination Hesitancy
An Online Game to Help Canadian Adults Identify COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation With One-Month Follow-Up
COVID-19 vaccine misinformation contributed to vaccine hesitancy and preventable illness. This study tested whether a brief online game helps Canadian adults identify COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and whether effects last one…
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Vaccination Hesitancy, Health Misinformation, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT07758296
- Testing
- Gamified misinformation refutation quiz, Refutational text blog post (active control)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,071 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Mental Health, COVID-19
Leveraging Community Health Workers to Combat COVID-19 and Mental Health Misinformation in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda
Partners In Health (PIH), in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, aims to develop and evaluate an SMS-based intervention for Community Health Workers (CHWs) to combat COVID-19 and mental health-related misinformation in…
- Conditions
- Mental Health, COVID-19, Misinformation
- Trial name
- NCT05997511
- Testing
- Card-Sorting Activity (Pre-intervention design), SMS Crafting (Pre-intervention design), SMS Messaging
- Where
- 3 sites in Haiti, Malawi and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 5,109 people
- Sponsor
- Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
Vaccination Hesitancy, Human Papillomavirus Vaccination
Testing the Persuasiveness of Pro-inoculation Arguments
The investigators will recruit a national sample of parents of 7-10-year-olds to complete an argument strength ranking for either a simple forwarding message or between 3 and 6 randomly selected arguments from an overall set of…
- Conditions
- Vaccination Hesitancy, Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, Vaccine Refusal
- Trial name
- NCT05804825
- Testing
- Argument inoculation messages, Simple forewarning message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 523 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Healthy
Building Cognitive Resilience to Vaccine Misinformation Using AI: Evidence From a Randomised Trial
This study aims to understand how parents and caregivers in the United Kingdom engage with information about childhood vaccination (routine vaccines for children and adolescents, excluding tetanus or international travel-related…
- Trial name
- NCT07488962
- Testing
- AI-driven chatbot, Social media infographic
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,008 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Medical Misinformation, Medication Adherence
Impact of Online Medical Misinformation
A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among adult patients diagnosed with chronic diseases to assess the impact of online medical misinformation on medication adherence, treatment decision-making, and health…
- Conditions
- Medical Misinformation, Medication Adherence, Health-Seeking Behavior, Chronic Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT07601308
- Testing
- None (observational)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 402 people
- Sponsor
- Alexandria University
Coronavirus, Trust
Migrant Workers' Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rumors circulate widely during public health crises and have deleterious consequences. In this study, we seek to document the base rates of migrant workers' rumor exposure and identify predictors of rumor hearing, sharing and…
- Conditions
- Coronavirus, Trust, Misinformation
- Trial name
- NCT04718519
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,011 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale-NUS College
Vaccine Hesitancy, Vaccine Acceptance
Development and Evaluation of a Digital Educational Intervention to Improve Vaccine Confidence and Communication Among Registered Nurses: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (VaxNurse-RCT).
Nurses play an important role in providing vaccine information and supporting informed vaccination decisions. This study will evaluate a digital educational intervention designed for registered nurses in Quebec.
- Trial name
- VaxNurse-RCT (NCT07859579)
- Testing
- Digital educational intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universite du Quebec en Outaouais
HPV Vaccine
Impact of a Mock-up Fact-checking Extension on HPV Vaccine Misinformation: A Survey Experiment
The primary objective of this survey experiment study is to measure the impact of a mock-up Chinese fact-checking extension on the ability to dispel HPV and HPV vaccine-related misinformation among parents of middle school girls…
- Trial name
- NCT06405048
- Testing
- Mobile Weibo post screenshot with mock-up Chinese fact-checking extension
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Misinformation, Vaccine Hesitancy
Brief Digital Intervention to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Among Individuals With Anxiety or Depression
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a mis/disinformation ecosystem that promotes divergent views of vaccine efficacy, as well as the legitimacy of science and medicine.
- Conditions
- Misinformation, Vaccine Hesitancy, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT06119854
- Testing
- Attitudinal inoculation, Cognitive-behavioral therapy-informed intervention, Conventional public health messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,419 people
- Sponsor
- City University of New York, School of Public Health
Misinformation, HIV Vaccine
Protecting Against HIV Vaccine Misinformation With Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) between the ages of 15-29 years continue to bear the brunt of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in South Africa despite progress recorded in prevention and treatment programmes.
- Trial name
- PROTECT (NCT06700447)
- Testing
- Enhanced inoculation message, Nutrition information
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 2,163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
HPV, HPV Vaccine
Digital Interventions to Increase HPV Vaccination Intentions Among Nigerian Caregivers
This study evaluates whether different types of digital health communication can increase parents' intention to vaccinate their daughters against human papillomavirus (HPV) in Nigeria.
- Trial name
- NCT07498075
- Testing
- Chatbot counseling, Misinformation-resistance pre-bunking inoculation, Short edutainment
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 3,340 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Misinformation
Contagious Misinformation Trial
In the Contagious Misinformation Trial the investigators aim to debunk prevalent misinformation about an infectious disease using two evidence-based methods of debunking.
- Trial name
- CMT (NCT04112680)
- Testing
- Debunking Misinformation through Audio Dramas, Control group audio jingles
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 750 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Healthy
AI Chatbot for HPV Vaccine Literacy Among Caregivers in Japan
The goal of this study is to learn if an innovative digital artificial intelligence (AI)-based communication tool works to enhance health literacy among Japanese caregivers regarding Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination.
- Trial name
- NCT06702423
- Testing
- AI-based chatbot, Leaflet
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 804 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Misinformation
Vaccine Confidence and Infodemic in Southeast Asia's Nusantara Sociocultural Sphere
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand how well a culturally-specific "prebunking" video can improve vaccine information literacy and vaccine confidence among individuals in the Nusantara sociocultural sphere.
- Trial name
- NCT06947187
- Testing
- Pre-bunking video, Video on safe disposal of medication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 472 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Health Misinformation, Misinformation
Cognitive and Emotional Inoculation Against Nutrition-Related Misinformation in Young Adults
This study aims to examine the effects of cognitive and emotional inoculation interventions on young adults' ability to identify and respond to nutrition-related misinformation on social media.
- Conditions
- Health Misinformation, Misinformation, Digital Health Literacy, Health Communication
- Trial name
- NCT07803380
- Testing
- Cognitive Game-Based Inoculation., Emotional Game-Based Inoculation., General Nutrition Health Education.
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 330 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Normal University
Covid19
WhatsApp in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Digital misinformation has been flagged as a major risk of the 21st century, with an estimated cost of $78 billion to the global economy each year.
- Trial name
- NCT04918849
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale-NUS College
Colorectal Cancer
Community Partnership for Telehealth Solutions to Convey Information and Enhance Care
Non-randomized, two-arm stepped-wedge trial of a multi-level colorectal cancer screening intervention.
- Trial name
- PRIME (NCT06542835)
- Testing
- Video text message, In-clinic CRC screening promotion, Mailed FIT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15,128 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Coronavirus, Depression
Social Media and COVID-19
In this protocol, we seek to examine the role of popular messaging platform WhatsApp in information spread during a crisis. As there have been few global crises in the last decade (coinciding with the rise of social media), the…
- Conditions
- Coronavirus, Depression, Anxiety, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04367363
- Testing
- Social media & news consumption
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jean Liu
Pregnancy
Social Media Withdrawal in Pregnancy: Effects on Maternal Mental Health and Misinformation
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if restricting social media use with a hardware device can improve mental health and well-being during pregnancy.
- Trial name
- SWIPE LEFT (NCT07812506)
- Testing
- Brick device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Healthy
Building Cognitive Resilience to Vaccine Misinformation Using AI in Europe
This multi-country trial evaluates an AI chatbot designed to counter cognitive biases and inoculate parents against vaccine misinformation, embedded within a large survey across five European countries (n=5,000).
- Trial name
- NCT07551986
- Testing
- AI-driven chatbot, Social media infographic
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine