Clinical trial · Interventional
Improving Patient Experience: BMBA
Improving the Patient Experience During Bone Marrow Biopsy/Aspiration (BMBA): Do Interventions Decrease Distress and Pain
NCT05690230CI-TRIAL-00088881completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
This study seeks to determine if patients undergoing a bone marrow biopsy/aspiration (BMBA) procedure who receive distraction techniques have lower levels of distress and pain, and higher post-procedure satisfaction, compared to those receiving standard-of-care. Intervention 1 is guided meditation in a virtual reality (VR) headset. Intervention 2 is comprised of environmental changes to the room (via nature-themed decals) and music.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Marrow Cancer | Malignant Bone Marrow Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Hematologic Cancer | Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Leukemia | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Lymphoma | Lymphoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Multiple Myeloma | Multiple Myeloma | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental changes | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Virtual reality | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention 1: Virtual reality
- interventionNames
- Other: Virtual reality
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control 1
- description
- Standard of care without change, in parallel with intervention 1: Virtual reality.
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention 2: Environmental changes
- interventionNames
- Other: Environmental changes
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Provide signed and dated informed consent form * Willing to comply with all study procedures * Over 18 years of age * Prior history of at least 1 (one) BMBA at Jefferson outpatient oncology office within the past 2 (two) years * Visiting the Jefferson outpatient oncology office for a BMBA procedure during the study duration Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to read questions in English * Inability to answer questions autonomously * History of vertigo * Legal blindness in both eyes * Severe or profound hearing loss, or deafness
References
Publications (28)
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