NCT05645224

VR-PAT for Pain and Anxiety Management During Pediatric Dermatologic Laser Procedures

Pilot Feasibility Clinical Trial of Virtual Reality for Pain Management During Repeated Pediatric Laser Procedures

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will assess the feasibility and efficacy of our Virtual Reality Pain Alleviation Therapy (VR-PAT) for pain management during pediatric and young adult outpatient laser procedures and evaluate the impact of VR use on reducing anxiety in patients undergoing dermatologic laser procedures. The investigators hypothesize that patients using VR-PAT will report less pain and anxiety during the laser procedure than patients who do not play the game.

Detailed description

In this two-group crossover randomized clinical trial, patients will be randomly assigned to either the VR-PAT intervention group or control group (same VR google without game) at the first laser procedure and will then cross-over to the alternative group for the second laser procedure. Survey questions to assess pain and anxiety and control for confounding factors will be asked before and after each procedure.

Conditions

• Procedural Anxiety
• Procedural Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	VR-PAT	Virtual Reality Pain Alleviation Therapy (VR-PAT) played on a Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye device

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-09
• Primary completion: 2025-11-14
• Completion: 2026-06-30
• First posted: 2022-12-09
• Last updated: 2026-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States