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Immersive Meditation for Managing Preoperative Distress.

NCT07785245 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-08-25

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Summary

This pilot randomized controlled trial (N=60) investigates the efficacy of a brief, combined Virtual Reality (VR) and mindfulness meditation intervention and a VR nature intervention for breast cancer patients in the immediate pre-surgical waiting period.

Conditions

  • Presurgical Distress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Immersive Virtual Reality Mindfulness Meditation

An 8-minute guided breath meditation delivered via a Pico Neo 3 Head-Mounted Display using the Flow® application, set in an immersive virtual beach environment with custom Portuguese audio instruction.

BEHAVIORAL

Immersive Nature Virtual Reality

An 8-minute immersive virtual beach environment using the Flow® application on a Pico Neo 3 Head-Mounted Display, provided without any guided meditation or audio instruction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundacao Champalimaud

    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
2024-01-31
Primary Completion
2025-03-30
Completion
2025-03-30

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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