Clinical trial · Interventional
VR to Improve CINV, Sleep and Pain Among Children With Cancer in HK
The Use of a Virtual Reality Device (HypnoVR®) to Improve Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting, Sleep Quality and Pain Among Children With Cancer in Hong Kong
- 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)
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality and pain are the common symptoms experienced by children with cancer. These symptoms significantly devastate the children's quality of life. Hypnosis is found to be effective in managing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality and pain in children with cancer. In addition, virtual reality is shown to promote the effectiveness of hypnosis in managing these symptoms. However, no study so far has examine it effectiveness in Hong Kong Chinese children with cancer. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness in the use a virtual reality device to improve chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality and pain among children with cancer in Hong Kong.
Conditions
Conditions (6)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Nausea | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Sleep Hygiene | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Vomiting | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypnosis VR | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Hypnosis VR
- description
- The experimental group will receive a 15-minute hypnosis using virtual reality when they are experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality or pain.
- interventionNames
- Device: Hypnosis VR
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- The control group will receive no intervention.
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at the 6-month follow-up
- timeFrame
- at the 6-month follow-up
- description
- Children will be required o fill in the Chinese version of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 6-month follow-up. The score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher scores represent a more severe nausea.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 9 Years
- Maximum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 9 to 18 * Can read Chinese and speak Cantonese * diagnosed with cancer Exclusion Criteria: * with mental disabilities or cognitive dysfunction as identified in the medical record
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