NCT05673551

VR-PAT During Home Burn Dressings - Multisite

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Smartphone Virtual Reality for Pain Management During Burn Care Transition

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 220 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of smartphone Virtual Reality Pain Alleviation Therapy (VR-PAT) as a pain distraction tool during repeated at-home burn dressing changes among 100 children (age 6-17 years) with a burn injury in comparison to 100 children with a burn injury who do not use the VR-PAT.

Detailed description

In this two-group randomized clinical trial, participants will be randomly assigned to either the VR-PAT intervention group or control group (standard distraction techniques available in the home). Participants and caregivers in both groups will perform daily burn dressing changes (as prescribed by their physician) and afterward will answer questions about their pain and any medications used. Participants and caregivers in the intervention group will answer additional questions about their experience using the VR-PAT, ease of use, and helpfulness. Surveys will be repeated with each dressing changes for one week.

Conditions

• Burns
• Acute Pain
• Procedural Pain
• Injuries
• Pediatric ALL

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	VR-PAT	Smartphone-based Virtual Reality Pain Alleviation Tool (VR-PAT) via a lightweight, mobile VR headset

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-16
• Primary completion: 2027-12-01
• Completion: 2027-12-01
• First posted: 2023-01-06
• Last updated: 2025-06-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States