Clinical trial · Interventional
Immersive Virtual Reality Environment for Complex Cognitive Skills Curricular Training in Liver Surgery
Effectiveness of an Immersive Virtual Reality Environment on Curricular Training for Complex Cognitive Skills in Liver Surgery: A Multicentric Crossover Randomized Trial
- 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)
Investigators hypothesize that a virtual reality (VR) environment enhances general surgery residents' performance compared to Desktop Interface (DI)-based visualization of 3D models in decision making for patients with liver tumors. To determine this, a proficiency-based stepwise training curriculum for preoperative planning has been developed using both modalities. The overall objective of the curriculum is that by the end of the training program, residents would be able to formulate a treatment plan for patients with liver tumors.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hepatobiliary Neoplasm | Hepatobiliary Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical decision making based on visualizing liver 3D models in Virtual Reality (VR) environment or via a Desktop Interface (DI) | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Group A
- description
- Group A received first five patient cases and 3D models via DI and another five cases in the VR environment
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Clinical decision making based on visualizing liver 3D models in Virtual Reality (VR) environment or via a Desktop Interface (DI)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Group B
- description
- Group B received first five patient cases and 3D models via VR and another five cases in the DI.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Clinical decision making based on visualizing liver 3D models in Virtual Reality (VR) environment or via a Desktop Interface (DI)
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Residents' decision-making accuracy
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: • General surgery residents irrespective of their postgraduate year Exclusion Criteria: * No inform consent * Residents of other specialties
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDRashidian N, Giglio MC, Van Herzeele I, Smeets P, Morise Z, Alseidi A, Troisi RI, Willaert W. Effectiveness of an immersive virtual reality environment on curricular training for complex cognitive skills in liver surgery: a multicentric crossover randomized trial. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Dec;24(12):2086-2095. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.07.009. Epub 2022 Jul 21. PMID 35961933