Clinical trial · Interventional
Using an End-of-life Conversation Game to Engage Patients With Cancer in Advance Care Planning: Phase 2
Adapting an Advance Care Planning Intervention for Use With Patients With Cancer and Their Care Partners: Phase Two
- 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)
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of end-of-life conversation game "Hello" as a tool to help individuals with various solid cancer types (including: breast, gastro-intestinal, lung, melanoma, head and neck, and/or genito-urinary cancers) treated at Penn State Health clinics and their loved ones perform advance care planning (ACP). The main questions it aims to answer are: What modifications and/or adaptations are necessary to Hello for use in cancer populations? What impact does participation in Hello event have on health care usage (e.g., number of hospitalizations, ICU admissions, emergency department visits, etc.)? How feasible is it to randomize participants to play either Hello for Cancer or Table Topics? Participants will: * Complete pre-game questionnaires * Play either Hello or Table Topics game * Complete post-game questionnaires * Participate in a focus group * Complete a telephone follow up interview 1-4 months after their event This study is a continuation of NCT06028152.
Conditions
Conditions (9)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Gastric Cancer | Malignant Gastric Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Genito-Urinary Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Head and Neck Cancer | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Liver Cancer | Malignant Liver Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Melanoma | Melanoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hello for Cancer game | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Table Topics game | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Hello for Cancer game
- description
- For this arm, individuals will play the modified Hello game (Hello for Cancer). This game was modified to be better suited for individuals with cancer and their loved ones, and those modifications are now being tested. This game will include questions related to a variety of topics around an individual's cancer experience and medical decision making related to their cancer diagnosis. After playing the game, individuals will be asked to reflect on the game questions and provide feedback to inform further modifications.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Hello for Cancer game
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- Table Topics game
- description
- For this arm, individuals will play commercially available Table Topics game during the research event. This game asks a variety of conversation starting questions, not particularly related to medical decision making.
- interventionNames
- Other: Table Topics game
Primary outcomes (2)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria Patient with Cancer: * Adults (\> 18 years old) * Able to speak and read English and/or Spanish * Be an individual diagnosed with a solid tumor cancer (e.g., breast, colon, lung, melanoma, head and neck, or genitourinary/prostate cancer) as verified by primary oncologist or is the chosen caregiver for a participant with those cancers * Receives care at Penn State Health or is the chosen caregiver for a participant treated at Penn State Health Exclusion Criteria Patient with Cancer: * Has completed an advance directive since cancer diagnosis as verified by presence in the patient's medical chart * Has not received treatment for their cancer at a Penn State Health facility in the past year * Unable to consent to participate in study Inclusion Criteria Caregiver/Loved one: * Adults (\> 18 years old) * Able to speak and read English and/or Spanish * Be the chosen caregiver for a participant with cancer Exclusion Criteria Caregiver/Loved one: \* Unable to consent to participate in study
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