NCT07820735Not yet recruiting
Project GAME ON! A Digital Comic Tool to Promote Healthy Behaviors
Project GAME ON!: Empowering Urban Children to Engage in Healthy Behaviors to Reduce Obesity Risk Through an Interactive Digital Comic Tool
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This clinical trial aims to evaluate an interactive, culturally relevant digital health promotion comic designed to support healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors among Black/African American and Latino children ages 8 to 12 years. The comic allows children's choices to affect the storyline and health content, with the goal of increasing engagement, empowering children, and improving attitudes, beliefs, and self-efficacy related to healthy behaviors. Caregivers will also receive newsletters reinforcing healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors at home. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does an interactive, customizable "choose-your-own-adventure" style comic lead to greater engagement and acceptability compared to standard digital comic formats? 2. Is greater engagement with the comic associated with improved self-efficacy related to dietary and physical activity behaviors? Researchers will compare three study groups to evaluate differences in engagement, acceptability, and self-efficacy outcomes related to dietary and physical activity behaviors. Participants will: * Use a 6-week digital comic and health promotion website remotely * Complete surveys about engagement, attitudes, beliefs, and self-efficacy related to healthy behaviors * Receive periodic reminders and support messages during the intervention period * For caregivers in the enhanced and non-enhanced comic groups: receive newsletters promoting healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors at home
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 180 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 24 Aug 2026
- Start date
- Nov 2026
- Primary completion date
- Mar 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Tufts University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT07820735
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 180
- From Nov 2026 to the primary completion date, Mar 2027
- No sites listed in no country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who the study is looking for
- Self-identifies as Black/AA and/or Latino
- Between the ages of 8 and 12 (preadolescents) at the time enrollment
- Reads and speaks in English
- Has regular internet access via a tablet device, smartphone, or computer/laptop
- Has regular access to a phone with texting capability
- Is comfortable reading/viewing material on electronic devices
- Is comfortable speaking with study staff about thoughts/experiences while participating in the study
- Resides in a under-resourced US urban neighborhood
- Has a legal parent/guardian willing to participate in the study
- Legal parent/guardian of child willing to participate in the study
- Reads and speaks in English or Spanish
- Primarily responsible for preparing/purchasing food for child
- Has regular internet access via a tablet device, smartphone, or computer/laptop
- Has regular access to a phone with texting capability
- Comfortable reading/viewing material on electronic devices
- Able to complete online questionnaires with their child over the full duration of the study
- Resides in a under-resourced US urban neighborhood
Age in the registry: 8 years to 12 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
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