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Virtual Reality for Port-a-Cath Access

NCT04931745 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2026-03-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Children with cancer almost universally receive port-a-catheters (ports) to deliver medication, fluids, blood products, and conduct blood tests. Port access requires a needle inserted through the skin to the subcutaneous tissue. Despite the application of topical anesthetic, port access can be painful and anxiety producing. Virtual reality (VR) interfaces provide a strategy to reduce anxiety and have been employed in other painful procedures in children. This trial will explore the effectiveness of VR in children undergoing port access.

Conditions

  • Oncology Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

Virtual reality

VR headset will be used 5-10 minutes prior to and during port access

DEVICE

Tables distraction

Tablet distraction will be used 5-10 minutes prior to and during port access

OTHER

No or non-technologic distraction

This approach will be used 5-10 minutes prior to and during port access

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-26
Primary Completion
2025-09-01
Completion
2025-11-15

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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