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Tandem VR: Synchronized Nature-Based Experiences in Virtual Reality for Hospice Patients and Their Caregivers

NCT06186960 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2026-04-06

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Summary

Background: Nature-based virtual reality (VR) and other outdoor experiences in head-mounted displays (HMDs) offer powerful, non-pharmacological tools for hospice teams to help patients undergoing end-of-life (EOL) transitions. However, the psychological distress of the patient-caregiver dyad is interconnected and highlights the interdependence and responsiveness to distress as a unit. Hospice care services and healthcare need strategies to help patients and informal caregivers with EOL transitions.

Conditions

  • Hospice
  • End of Life
  • Palliative Care
  • Pain
  • Anxiety
  • Fear of Death

Interventions

DEVICE

Tandem Virtual Reality

Hospice patients and their primary caregiver will each wear virtual reality headsets and will experience a customized and synchronized 5-15min virtual reality experience.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Clemson University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Prisma Health-Upstate

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joshua K Pope · Prisma Health Hospice of the Foothills

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-01
Primary Completion
2024-11-20
Completion
2025-04-30
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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