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Surgery and Virtual Reality: Interest of Virtual Reality in Oncology for Procedures Under Local Anesthesia in the Operating Room

NCT05287854 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2025-10-07

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Summary

Virtual Reality (VR) is an interactive and immersive technology that allows you to evolve in a three-dimensional environment created by computer. It appeals to the senses of people by reproducing universes close to reality or imaginary. This process is currently the subject of numerous studies in the field of health because it is a non-invasive tool, a non-pharmacological alternative for the management of pain, anxiety and patient satisfaction.

People with cancer can have a complex care pathway with psychological, anxiety-provoking and potentially painful repercussions. It is for these reasons that offering VR in the operating room for certain procedures under local anesthesia would improve the experience and comfort of care.

BOREV study will assess the interest of VR on pain for procedures under local anesthesia in the operating room in the context of cancer care. The software used, called HypnoVR©, is a medical device, developed specifically for the management of anxiety and pain through hypnosis, sophrology and relaxation techniques.

The main objective of this study is to compare the maximum pain felt with and without RV for different oncological surgical procedures performed under local anesthesia including anesthetic procedures and surgical procedures. The secondary objectives that will support this research are: the evaluation of the level of anxiety, the link with the pain component via the Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI), as well as the satisfaction of the patient and the operator.

According to the results obtained, the VR device could lead to a change in practice in the management of patients and thus be offered on a larger scale within the framework of the management of pain and anxiety

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Virtual reality headset

Once the patient is on the operating table, the nurse proposes the different possible VR scenarios and installs the RV headset and an audio headset.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-16
Primary Completion
2023-06-27
Completion
2023-06-27

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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