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Enrolling By InvitationNCT06931132
Cancer-related Fatigue and Symptom Clusters - Effects of Virtual, Imagined and Real-life Nature-based Therapy in Cancer Survivors
Cancer-related Fatigue and Symptom Clusters - Effects of Virtual, Imagined and Real-life Nature-based Therapy in Cancer Survivors - a RCT
- Status
- Enrolling By Invitation
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 172 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Robert Bosch Gesellschaft für Medizinische Forschung mbH (RBMF) · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This is a randomized, controlled, bicenter trial comparing the effects on symptoms and quality of life in cancer survivors. Three nature-based therapies will be compared with a wait-list group. The therapies are: virtual reality simulated forest, guided imaging and classic forest bathing. Each intervention lasts 30 minutes and takes place once a week for 8 weeks. All interventions involve different stimulus types: visual, olfactory, auditory and tactile.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Real-life forest bathing | Participants will experience the elements (olfactory, acoustic and haptic) of forest bathing for 30 minutes (sitting) in a forested area. The forests have been previously selected near Stuttgart and Würzburg and are comparable to each other. |
| OTHER | Simulated FOREST bathing (Virtual Reality) | Using virtual reality goggles, a FOREST bathing experience will be simulated. The simulation will have elements of the classic FOREST bathing (olfatory, acoustic and haptic) and will last 30 minutes. |
| OTHER | Imaging FOREST bathing | A therapist will lead an imaginative exercise in which participants will imagine a FOREST bathing. The imaginative exercise will include elements of the classic FOREST bathing (olfactory, acoustic and haptic) and will last 30 minutes. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2025-06-05
- Primary completion
- 2027-07-31
- Completion
- 2027-12-31
- First posted
- 2025-04-17
- Last updated
- 2025-09-22
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06931132. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.