Clinical trial · Interventional
An Escape Room Intervention to Help Improve Breast Cancer Patients' Ability to Navigate Online Access to Nutrition Information
Escape Room: A Gamified Approach to Learning About Cancer Nutrition Information
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This clinical trial evaluates an educational escape room intervention for improving awareness of and concern about breast cancer misinformation and reducing vulnerability to believing cancer misinformation among patients with stage I-III breast cancer. Misinformation, or communication about health information that is inaccurate or false, can have serious health consequences for those that believe it. The rise of the access to and use of various sources of information on the internet such as websites and social media has caused the spread of misinformation and disinformation to grow rapidly, resulting in negative consequences on health outcomes. Cancer misinformation, in particular, has become an increasingly prevalent issue that poses a real threat to the many cancer patients in the United States. The educational escape room intervention is a game designed to teach participants how to discern whether cancer nutrition information is accurate or may potentially be misinformation. Participants are immersed in the narrative while solving puzzles to learn key themes such as the need to talk to their doctors, looking for scientific studies, as well as avoiding fads and trends, miracle cures, anecdotal evidence, and targeted and clickbait ads.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Interview | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Survey Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Telemedicine | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive Care (escape room game)
- description
- Patients play the virtual misinformation escape room game consisting of 5 puzzles and a final task over 30-45 minutes on study.
- interventionNames
- Other: Educational Intervention
- Other: Interview
- Other: Survey Administration
- Other: Telemedicine
Primary outcomes (5)
- measure
- Percentage of Participants Accrued to the Study (Feasibility)
- timeFrame
- At enrollment
- description
- The percentage of patients who accrue to the study among those who are eligible and approached.
- measure
- Percentage of Patients Who Complete Game Sessions (Feasibility)
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 years of age or older * English speaking * Able to provide informed consent * Have access to a computer (desktop or laptop) * Have been previously diagnosed with breast cancer (Stages I-III) and currently in active treatment for breast cancer
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