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Active Engagement Game Versus Passive Media During Pediatric Inhalational Induction

NCT07787351 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2026-08-31

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether an active, breath-controlled iPad/phone game can reduce the need for physical restraint during mask-based anesthesia induction in children undergoing surgery.

The main question it aims to answer is:

Does an active-engagement game reduce the need for physical restraint during mask induction, compared with standard passive media distraction (such as watching cartoons)?

Investigators will compare children who use the new interactive game to children who receive standard passive audiovisual distraction, to see if the active game lowers rates of physical restraint during induction.

Participants will:

Play an interactive game on an iPad or phone while awake, before anesthesia begins, controlling it themselves.

Continue "playing" once the anesthesia mask is placed over their face, at which point the anesthesiologist takes over the controls using a phone remote.

Have the game synced to their own natural breathing pattern, so the visuals on the screen move in time with each breath, giving them a sense of active control without needing to physically touch the device.

Be compared to a group of children who instead watch passive video content (cartoons or similar) during induction, following standard care.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Inhalational Induction

Interventions

OTHER

Balloon game

Interactive balloon game

OTHER

Control

Passive media

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hong Kong Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jasmin YM Tong, FHKCA, FHKAM, FRCPC · Hong Kong Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-01
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-02-28

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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