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Combining Virtual Reality and Hypnosis to Alleviate Chronic Pain in Elderly Patients with Hand Arthritis

NCT06833905 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-03-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this pilot randomized clinical trial is to test the efficacy of an intervention combining virtual reality and hypnosis on decreasing pain and improving quality of life in elderly patients with hand arthritis. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the intervention allow for an improvement of patient reported outcomes related to pain and quality of life?
* Does the intervention allow for an improvement of physiological variables related to pain? Researchers will compare intervention group to a passive control group (i.e., waiting list with treatment as usual).

Participants in the intervention group will be provided a virtual reality headset allowing them to beneficiate from the virtual reality and hypnosis modules.

Conditions

  • Arthritis
  • Arthritis/Arthrosis
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid
  • Elderly

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual reality: Beach

Session 1 or 2 (counterbalanced): Exposure to a beach landscape

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality: Forest

Session 1 or 2 (counterbalanced): Exposure to a forest landscape

BEHAVIORAL

Hypnosis: Magic Hand

Session 3 or 4 (counterbalanced): Exposure to a hypnosis technique: the magic hand

BEHAVIORAL

Hypnosis: Pain Manipulation

Session 3 or 4 (counterbalanced): Exposure to a hypnosis technique: manipulating the pain

BEHAVIORAL

Session 1bis - 1 week

Repetition of the Session 1 one week after Session 4

BEHAVIORAL

Follow-up

Repetition of the Session 1 three weeks after Session 4

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ciusss de L'Est de l'Île de Montréal

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-30
Primary Completion
2025-09-30
Completion
2025-09-30

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