Healing Gardens: Leveraging Serious Games to Deliver Accessible Pain-CBT and Pharmacologic Support for Patients With Advanced Cancer Managing Pain

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Study ID
NCT07825051
Status
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Conditions

  • Advanced Cancer
  • Cancer Pain
  • Chronic Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Healing Gardens content development/refinement activities — BEHAVIORAL
    Participant feedback activities used to optimize the Healing Gardens serious game and related patient-facing content.
  • Healing Gardens serious game — BEHAVIORAL
    A story-led mHealth serious game delivering pain-CBT and cancer pain education, including pain psychoeducation, pain coping skills, cognitive restructuring, and safe/effective opioid use content.

Study Details

This study is being done to determine the feasibility and acceptability of Healing Gardens, a standalone mobile health serious game designed to deliver pain-CBT and cancer pain education to help patients with advanced cancer manage chronic pain.

Key Dates

First listed
Sep 17, 2026
Start date
Feb 13, 2027
Status verified
Sep 2026
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2030
Completion
Jun 1, 2030

Study Design

Enrollment
46 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Content Development and Refinement
    Participants complete a baseline assessment, a semi-structured interview for content development and refinement and/or optional focus groups, and usability/acceptability surveys.
  • Experimental: Pre-pilot User Acceptability Testing
    Participants complete a baseline assessment, at-home testing of the Healing Gardens game for up to 12 weeks, a semi-structured debriefing interview, and end-of-intervention surveys.

Primary Outcome Measure

Mean Score of Acceptability E-Scale [ Time Frame: At completion of the participant's game testing period (up to 12 weeks) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBostonMassachusetts02215
Desiree R Azizoddin, PsyD
[email protected]
626-826-7984
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at South ShoreWeymouthMassachusetts02190
Meredith Faggen, MD
[email protected]
781-624-4800

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