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Infectious DiseaseDVx-SCHOOLNCT05458141

The Study Estimates the Longitudinal Impact of a Gamified Health Education App on Students' Health and Learning Outcomes

A study testing FYA-003 in people with Infectious Disease and COVID-19, run by Carnegie Mellon University at 1 site in India.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The primary aim of this study is to assess and quantify the longitudinal impact of a mobile App-based module - FYA-003 - which is a gamified health education module for children promoting nutrition, physical activity, health hygiene, and infectious disease risk reduction within the clinically proven app fooya!, on the… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 5 to 14 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Infectious Disease, COVID-19, Physical Inactivity
What is being tested?
FYA-003
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
240 participants
Where
1 siteIndia
Study dates
6 Jul 2022to 31 Dec 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 5 to 14 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Age 5-14
  • Parents willing to participate (fill out parent surveys)

Who cannot join

  • Children physically unable to use a device
  • Children with special needs

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

India1 site
  • Panchayat Union Middle School

    Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, 602105

Other trials in India

About this study

Official title: DVx - SCHOOL: Digital Vaccine for Scalable Curricular Health Outcome Optimization and Learning

The primary aim of this study is to assess and quantify the longitudinal impact of a mobile App-based module - FYA-003 - which is a gamified health education module for children promoting nutrition, physical activity, health hygiene, and infectious disease risk reduction within the clinically proven app fooya!, on the dietary and physical activity habits, hygiene practices, clinical outcome measures, and related knowledge of children and their caregivers. The app will be delivered in the classroom setting through school-based health education.

Read the detailed description

A 2-arm cluster randomized controlled trial with pre-, during- and post-treatment measurements will be conducted in a school in Chennai (India) - Panchayat Union Middle School (PUMS), Katchipedu - to assess and quantify the longitudinal impact of a proposed Digital Vaccine candidate, called FYA-003®, on students' knowledge, behaviors and outcomes related to diet, physical activity and health hygiene. After following the protocol for recruitment and informed consent, the investigators will pair up grades in the school (site) in consecutive order, such as grades 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8, and randomly assign one grade in the pair to Group 1 and the other to Group 2. These pairs are assumed to be close to each other in age, maturity levels, health related knowledge, and exposure to mobile apps, hence appropriate for pairing up for the study.

A team of research staff located in Chennai will coordinate the execution of the experiment. After following the protocol for participation by the school administrator and staff, and the protocol for student recruitment and informed consent, the investigators will adopt a cluster-randomized trial design, where treatment assignment will be done at the grade level. Actual food choice, clinical measurements, survey data, and food logs will be collected by the site PI with support from a research project coordinator during weekly visits to the school. Game play data will be collected automatically whenever the mobile device is connected to the internet and will be downloaded to a secure server after the school visits. The research team will coordinate the gameplay timing with the school officials.

Being tested
FYA-003
Keywords
Digital Vaccine, Mobile Games, Physical Activity, Lifestyle Habit Formation, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition
Medical subject headings
Communicable Diseases, COVID-19, Sedentary Behavior, Health Behavior, Feeding Behavior, Motor Activity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • FYA-003Behavioural

    FYA-003: It is a gamified health education module for children aimed at promoting healthy nutrition, physical activity, health hygiene, and infectious diseases risk reduction within the clinically proven app fooya!

Study groups in NCT05458141
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group 1: Usual Education + Weekly Exposure to FYA-003ExperimentalStudents in grades assigned to Group 1 play FYA-003 in the classroom for 30 minutes every week for 12 weeks on a day at a time determined by the school \& research team.
Receives: Behavioral: FYA-003
Group 2: Usual Education + Weekly exposure to non-health related educational mobile gamesNo interventionStudents in grades assigned to Group 2 play educational games unrelated to health in the classroom for 30 minutes every week for 12 weeks on a day at a time determined by the school \& research team.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Health Knowledge Score - Baseline

    Our primary outcome of interest is the health knowledge score, calculated based on students' survey responses to questions testing their knowledge on health hygiene, physical activity, and nutrition. This will be measured as a percentage. Higher percentages indicate a better outcome.

    Measured: Baseline

  2. Health Knowledge Score - Week 4

    Our primary outcome of interest is the health knowledge score, calculated based on students' survey responses to questions testing their knowledge on health hygiene, physical activity, and nutrition. This will be measured as a percentage. Higher percentages indicate a better outcome.

    Measured: Week 4

  3. Health Knowledge Score - Week 8

    Our primary outcome of interest is the health knowledge score, calculated based on students' survey responses to questions testing their knowledge on health hygiene, physical activity, and nutrition. This will be measured as a percentage. Higher percentages indicate a better outcome.

    Measured: Week 8

  4. Health Knowledge Score - Week 12

    Our primary outcome of interest is the health knowledge score, calculated based on students' survey responses to questions testing their knowledge on health hygiene, physical activity, and nutrition. This will be measured as a percentage. Higher percentages indicate a better outcome.

    Measured: Week 12

  5. Health Knowledge Score - Week 12 + 3mo

    Our primary outcome of interest is the health knowledge score, calculated based on students' survey responses to questions testing their knowledge on health hygiene, physical activity, and nutrition. This will be measured as a percentage. Higher percentages indicate a better outcome.

    Measured: 3 months after Week 12

  6. Health Knowledge Score - Week 12 + 6mo

    Our primary outcome of interest is the health knowledge score, calculated based on students' survey responses to questions testing their knowledge on health hygiene, physical activity, and nutrition. This will be measured as a percentage. Higher percentages indicate a better outcome.

    Measured: 6 months after Week 12

  7. Healthy Food Choice Score - Baseline

    Observed "Good Food" choice indicator, as measured based on actual food choices by participants. This is a binary 0-1 value. 1 indicates a better outcome.

    Measured: Baseline

  8. Healthy Food Choice Score - Week 4

    Observed "Good Food" choice indicator, as measured based on actual food choices by participants. This is a binary 0-1 value. 1 indicates a better outcome.

    Measured: Week 4

  9. Healthy Food Choice Score - Week 8

    Observed "Good Food" choice indicator, as measured based on actual food choices by participants. This is a binary 0-1 value. 1 indicates a better outcome.

    Measured: Week 8

  10. Healthy Food Choice Score - Week 12

    Observed "Good Food" choice indicator, as measured based on actual food choices by participants. This is a binary 0-1 value. 1 indicates a better outcome.

    Measured: Week 12

  11. Healthy Food Choice Score - Week 12 + 3mo

    Observed "Good Food" choice indicator, as measured based on actual food choices by participants. This is a binary 0-1 value. 1 indicates a better outcome.

    Measured: 3 months after Week 12

  12. Healthy Food Choice Score - Week 12 + 6mo

    Observed "Good Food" choice indicator, as measured based on actual food choices by participants. This is a binary 0-1 value. 1 indicates a better outcome.

    Measured: 6 months after Week 12

Secondary outcomes (17)
  1. Clinical biomarkers: BMI Baseline

    Body Mass Index of participants

    Measured: Baseline

  2. Clinical biomarkers: BMI Week 12

    Body Mass Index of participants

    Measured: Week 12

  3. Clinical biomarkers: BMI Week 12 + 3mo

    Body Mass Index of participants

    Measured: 3 months after Week 12

  4. Clinical biomarkers: BMI Week 12 + 6mo

    Body Mass Index of participants

    Measured: 6 months after Week 12

  5. Clinical biomarkers: Average Temperature

    Average temperature of participants captured every weekly visit

    Measured: Captured every week (Week 1 - Week 12)

  6. Food Log Health Score - Baseline

    Proportion of "Healthy" food items consumed in the weekly food logs recorded by the participants. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: Baseline

  7. Food Log Health Score - Week 4

    Proportion of "Healthy" food items consumed in the weekly food logs recorded by the participants. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: Week 4

  8. Food Log Health Score - Week 8

    Proportion of "Healthy" food items consumed in the weekly food logs recorded by the participants. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: Week 8

  9. Food Log Health Score - Week 12

    Proportion of "Healthy" food items consumed in the weekly food logs recorded by the participants. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: Week 8, Week 12, 3 months after Week 12, 6 months after Week 12

  10. Food Log Health Score - Week 12 + 3mo

    Proportion of "Healthy" food items consumed in the weekly food logs recorded by the participants. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: 3 months after Week 12

  11. Food Log Health Score - Week 12 + 6mo

    Proportion of "Healthy" food items consumed in the weekly food logs recorded by the participants. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: 6 months after Week 12

  12. Healthy Lifestyle Score - Baseline

    Self-reported Weekly Healthy Lifestyle Score measured on the basis of participant survey responses to questions on physical activity, nutrition behavior, hygiene habits. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: Baseline

  13. Healthy Lifestyle Score - Week 4

    Self-reported Weekly Healthy Lifestyle Score measured on the basis of participant survey responses to questions on physical activity, nutrition behavior, hygiene habits. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: Week 4

  14. Healthy Lifestyle Score - Week 8

    Self-reported Weekly Healthy Lifestyle Score measured on the basis of participant survey responses to questions on physical activity, nutrition behavior, hygiene habits. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: Week 8

  15. Healthy Lifestyle Score - Week 12

    Self-reported Weekly Healthy Lifestyle Score measured on the basis of participant survey responses to questions on physical activity, nutrition behavior, hygiene habits. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: Week 12

  16. Healthy Lifestyle Score - Week 12 + 3mo

    Self-reported Weekly Healthy Lifestyle Score measured on the basis of participant survey responses to questions on physical activity, nutrition behavior, hygiene habits. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: 3 months after Week 12

  17. Healthy Lifestyle Score - Week 12 + 6mo

    Self-reported Weekly Healthy Lifestyle Score measured on the basis of participant survey responses to questions on physical activity, nutrition behavior, hygiene habits. Scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means better outcomes.

    Measured: 6 months after Week 12

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted14 Jul 2022
  2. Study start6 Jul 2022
  3. Primary completion5 Dec 2023
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2024

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
240 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05458141
Sponsor's protocol ID
VHS/IEC/143/2022
Acronym
DVx-SCHOOL
Status last verified
Feb 2024
First submitted
7 Jul 2022
Last updated
12 Feb 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Kato-Lin YC, Kumar UB, Sri Prakash B, Prakash B, Varadan V, Agnihotri S, Subramanyam N, Krishnatray P, Padman R. Impact of Pediatric Mobile Game Play on Healthy Eating Behavior: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Nov 18;8(11):e15717. doi: 10.2196/15717.

    PubMed 33206054

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing FYA-003 in people with Infectious Disease and COVID-19, run by Carnegie Mellon University at 1 site in India.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Feb 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in India. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Health Knowledge Score - Baseline (time frame: Baseline). The study lists 12 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05458141, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Feb 2025.

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