NCT04759183

Virtual Reality Experiences for Anxiety and Pain Control

Impact of Different Virtual Reality Experiences on Anxiety and Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This trial studies the impact of virtual reality experiences on anxiety before surgery and pain after surgery. The goal of this study is to examine how different virtual reality experiences may help reduce anxiety and improve pain control, which may help reduce the need for medications such as opioids.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To measure the impact of a gaming virtual reality (VR) experience compared to a mindfulness VR experience on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients participate in a VR intervention (Angry Birds) over 15 minutes before standard of care surgery and then participate in a VR intervention (TRIPP) over 15 minutes after surgery. ARM II: Patients participate in a VR intervention (TRIPP) over 15 minutes before standard of care surgery and then participate in a VR intervention (Angry Birds) over 15 minutes after surgery.

Conditions

• Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
• Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Survey Administration	Ancillary studies
PROCEDURE	Virtual Reality Game	Participate in VR Game "Angry Birds"
PROCEDURE	Virtual Reality Meditation	Participate in VR Meditation "TRIPP"

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-05
• Primary completion: 2022-04-11
• Completion: 2022-08-25
• First posted: 2021-02-18
• Last updated: 2022-09-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States