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VR for Patients With Chronic Pain (Wait & Work)

NCT06312735 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2025-04-11

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Summary

This cluster-RCT evaluates the effect of therapeutic virtual reality (VR) on patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) who are on a waiting list to receive pain treatment. The used VR application, Reducept, offers pain education and pain management techniques. This home-based, stand-alone, immersive VR intervention was used daily for four weeks in the intervention group. The control group received standard care (no treatment). Primary outcome measure for this study was health-related quality of life, secondary outcome measures included various pain-related variables (e.g. pain self-efficacy and acceptance. Outcome variables will be measured after four weeks and follow-up after six months.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

VR (Reducept)

Reducept is a novel VR intervention that consists of a combination of pain neuroscience education (PNE) and pain management techniques. It includes different psychological therapy modalities (e.g. acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and hypnotherapy) into a single application.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Twente

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-30
Completion
2024-11-30

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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