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NCT04566042
A Novel ACT-based Video Game
NA trial testing Acceptance and commitment therapy video game in Depression in 29 participants. Completed in 31 December 2022.
31 January 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Swansea University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 29 |
| Start date | 31 July 2021 |
| Primary completion | 31 January 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 31 December 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across United Kingdom |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Acceptance and commitment therapy video game
Conditions studied
- Depression — all drugs for Depression →
- Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →
- Stress, Emotional — all drugs for Stress, Emotional →
- Quality of Life — all drugs for Quality of Life →
Sponsor
Swansea University
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Depression or Anxiety. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
A feasibility study to explore whether an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can reduce mental health outcomes (stress, anxiety, depression) and increase psychological flexibility.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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A novel ACT-based video game to support mental health through embedded learning: a mixed-methods feasibility study protocol.
Edwards DJ, Kemp AH. · · 2020 · cited 4× · PMID 33199427 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041667 -
Mixed-methods feasibility outcomes for a novel ACT-based video game 'ACTing Minds' to support mental health.
Gordon TC, Kemp AH, Edwards DJ. · · 2024 · cited 1× · PMID 38553053 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080972
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Verify against primary sources
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04566042 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 9 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Swansea University
- Last refreshed: 4 March 2024
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