Clinical trial · Interventional
Virtual Reality for Cancer Pain Management
Pilot Study to Evaluate Virtual Reality for Cancer Pain Management
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the impact of virtual reality therapy on mitigating cancer pain in hospitalized patients with cancer and compare this impact to that of 2-dimensional guided imagery distraction therapy. The purpose is also to evaluate acceptability of and satisfaction with virtual reality therapy and to examine racial and cultural preferences related to virtual reality and guided imagery thematic content.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Cancer Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guided imagery | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Virtual reality | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm 1 (Guided imagery)
- description
- 10 minutes of guided imagery experience
- interventionNames
- Other: Guided imagery
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm 2 (Virtual reality)
- description
- 10 minutes of virtual reality experience
- interventionNames
- Other: Virtual reality
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Change in self-reported pain score from baseline to immediately after assigned intervention
- timeFrame
- Baseline and again immediately after assigned intervention
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * hospitalized, with primary diagnosis of cancer * age 18 and older * report moderate-severe pain (at least 4 out of 10 where pain is rated on a Likert scale between zero and 10) in the previous 24 hours Exclusion Criteria: * already use VR for personal use * intractable nausea/vomiting * history of motion sickness * history of seizures or epilepsy * have cranial structure abnormalities that prevent use of VR headset * currently enrolled in a palliative care or pain management study * on contact isolation
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