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Oral Surgery Virtual Reality Glasses Study

NCT06723158 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2026-04-07

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Summary

The goal of this randomized trial is to investigate if using virtual reality (VR) glasses for patients who require non-emergent oral surgery procedures under intravenous (IV) sedation improves their overall experience compared to using standard of care safety glasses.

This study has two primary objectives.

1. To evaluate if VR glasses can improve patient tolerance during IV access, sedation induction, and the surgical procedure.
2. To investigate whether the use of VR glasses reduces the amount of sedation required for induction and throughout the oral surgery procedure.

80 subjects will be randomly assigned 1:1 to either wear VR glasses playing a relaxing video and audio or VR glasses that will only serve as eye protection (control group).

Conditions

  • Procedural Anxiety
  • Procedural Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual reality (VR) glasses with relaxation module

The relaxation module will include immersive video and audio components as a distraction from the medical procedures.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Boston University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Radhika Chigurupati, DMD MS · Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-18
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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