Virtual Reality to Reduce Intra-procedural Anxiety and Sedation Needs During Procedures

Mayo Clinic

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Arrhythmia

Treatments: Device: Virtual Reality (VR)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04279665

19-005788

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers are assessing whether use of a virtual reality experience, used during the procedure, can reduce anxiety and improve satisfaction related to the procedure, especially when no or little sedation is being used.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing invasive EP procedures with plan for no or minimal conscious sedation

Exclusion criteria

• Patients unable to consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Subjects undergoing electrophysiology procedure

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will wear a virtual reality (VR) headset for a total of 40 minutes separated over 2 sessions during an electrophysiology procedure they are already scheduled to undergo.

Treatment:

Device: Virtual Reality (VR)