Virtual Reality in Imaging Review for Cancer Patients

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Cancer Patient; Patient Education; Diagnostic Imaging; Virtual Reality

Treatments: Other: Survey and interview

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04469478

20-0560.cc

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients with cancer and their caregivers may have difficulty understanding the site and extent of their disease. Poor comprehension may negatively impact patients and caregivers, leading to increased anxiety, reduced compliance, decreased trust of the physician, and limited shared medical decision making ability. Most patients want to be thoroughly informed, with over a third of cancer patients wishing they had been better informed about side effects that they experienced due to their treatment. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of diagnostic imaging review using 3D virtual reality compared to standard 2D imaging review for patients and their caregiver(s) using a mixed methods approach of survey and qualitative interview based approaches.

Full description

This study will use virtual reality to display the patient's diagnostic imaging in 3D with live volumetric rendering. This study will explore if this approach improves patient and caregiver understanding of their disease. Eligible patients should have available diagnostic imaging consisting of CT, MRI, and/or PET-CT. Prior to their consultation in radiation oncology, patients will complete a survey about their prior experience reviewing their diagnostic imaging. During the consultation, patients and caregivers will be shown their medical imaging in 2D on a computer screen, then in 3D with virtual reality. After the consultation, the patient and caregiver(s) will complete a 2nd survey comparing virtual reality to standard imaging review with domains of perceived understanding, patient preference, and satisfaction. Then, the patient and caregiver(s) will undergo a qualitative interview exploring their experience with virtual reality compared to standard imaging review. The survey questions comparing virtual reality to standard imaging review will be statistically evaluated. The recorded interview session will be qualitatively analyzed using with a mixed methods approach by thematically categorizing the respondents' answers.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willingness to sign and date the consent form.
• Willingness to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study.
• Male or female patient 18 years or older.
• Available diagnostic imaging (MRI, CT and/or PET)
• Consultation in radiation oncology for consideration of radiation therapy.
• English speaking.

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to complete virtual reality, survey and interview.
• Non-English speaking
• Patients with visual defects that affect their ability to view content in VR

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Virtual Reality for imaging review

Experimental group

Description:

Each participant (patient and caregiver(s)) will undergo standard 2D imaging review on a computer screen, followed by 3D imaging review in virtual reality during their radiation oncology consultation

Treatment:

Other: Survey and interview