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Immersive Virtual Reality Intervention for Non-Opioid Pain Management: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT02887989 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2018-11-20

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Summary

The study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of VR non-opioid management vs. a control "sham" intervention for a broad and representative group of medical and surgical patients with pain. Hospitalized patients will receive specialized VR interventions, administered via portable VR headsets, to manage breakthrough pain. Control patients will view content on the in-room Health and Wellness television channel. Investigators will follow patients throughout the course of their hospitalization and monitor outcomes during and after their stays, including pain levels, medication requests, and quality of life.

Conditions

  • Pain
  • Pain Management

Interventions

DEVICE

Virtual Reality

A menu of VR experiences, lasting from 3-30 minutes each. For example, patients may watch a soothing virtual campfire, or fly over a scenic landscape, or play an interactive game.

DEVICE

Health and Wellness Channel

Relaxing content broadcast passively on the patient in-room television channel.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
110 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-16
Primary Completion
2017-07-17
Completion
2017-08-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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