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NCT05621018
"Maze Out": A Serious Game to Improve Self-efficacy and Mutual Understanding in Eating Disorders.
NA trial testing Maze Out in Eating Disorders in 143 participants. Completed in 12 March 2024.
1 March 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Southern Denmark |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 143 |
| Start date | 19 July 2022 |
| Primary completion | 1 March 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 12 March 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across Denmark |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Maze Out
Conditions studied
- Eating Disorders — all drugs for Eating Disorders →
Sponsor
University of Southern Denmark
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Eating Disorders. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Eating Disorders (EDs) are mental disorders with long recovery time and high mortality. Despite the importance and extensive research in the field, an effective treatment for EDs has yet to be found. In co-production with ED patients, clinicians, and technology experts a Serious Game called "Maze out" was developed and initially evaluated through a feasibility study. Maze out is an innovative first player tool focusing on improving self-efficacy, mutual understanding, and family functioning in adults with EDs. The game has been evaluated through a usability study. Study findings demonstrate that patients found Maze out easy to use, meaningful and fun. The usability study was thus a first step in developing and testing an evidence-based intervention to be implemented in the treatment repertoire of adolescents and adults with EDs. The present study is a Randomized Controlled Trial, whereby the investigators will explore the effectiveness of Maze out as an additional treatment to Treatment as Usual (TAU)
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Maze-Out: A Serious Game to Enhance Treatment for Eating Disorders. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Guala MM, Bikic A, Bul K, Clinton D, et al · · 2025 · cited 4× · PMID 40384493 · DOI 10.1002/eat.24458 -
"Maze Out": a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial using a mix methods approach exploring the potential and examining the effectiveness of a serious game in the treatment of eating disorders.
Guala MM, Bikic A, Bul K, Clinton D, et al · · 2024 · cited 3× · PMID 38429839 · DOI 10.1186/s40337-024-00985-2
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05621018 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Southern Denmark
- Last refreshed: 25 March 2024
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