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Virtual Reality on Pain, Stress, and Affect in the Infusion Clinic

C

Cody Stansel

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chemotherapy
Cancer

Treatments

Behavioral: Cyber sickness measurement
Behavioral: Questionnaires
Procedure: Measure heart rate
Behavioral: Virtual reality therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05135260
VICC SUPP 2079

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will investigate the ability of virtual reality to function as a novel distraction intervention and improve the experience of patients who are receiving chemotherapy in the infusion clinic.

Full description

Objectives:

Primary Objective:

  • To deploy and evaluate virtual reality as an intervention for stress, pain, and negative affect

Secondary Objective:

  • To evaluate cyber sickness and patient satisfaction related to the virtual reality treatment

Enrollment

99 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • At or above the age of 18
  • English Speaking
  • Diagnosed with cancer
  • No previous history of seizures, losses of awareness, or other symptoms linked to an epileptic condition
  • Not sensitive to motion sickness
  • Not currently experiencing any contagious conditions, infections, or diseases (particularly of the eyes, skin, or scalp)
  • Does not use a device to regulate heart rate or rhythm (such as a pacemaker)
  • Not taking antiarrhythmic medications
  • Not actively receiving radiopharmaceutical therapy

Exclusion:

  • To ensure that there is sufficient time to complete the virtual reality treatment, patients who are scheduled for visits for periods of less than one hour will not be included in this study. Additionally, patients must consent to participating in the study on the day of the experience.
  • Patients who are asleep prior to consenting will not be asked to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

99 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Reality Therapy
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will watch videos for 11 minutes that will allow them to view nature, dinosaurs, animals, and human interactions in three dimension.
Treatment:
Procedure: Measure heart rate
Behavioral: Virtual reality therapy
Behavioral: Questionnaires
Behavioral: Cyber sickness measurement
Control Group
Active Comparator group
Description:
This group will not watch videos, but will continue with their normal routine as if nothing has changed.
Treatment:
Procedure: Measure heart rate
Behavioral: Questionnaires

Trial documents
1

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Vanderbilt-Ingram Service for Timely Access

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