Clinical trial · Interventional
An English/Spanish Mobile Augmented Reality Pain Assessment App for Hispanic/Latino Pediatric Cancer Patients
Feasibility of a Dual English/Spanish Mobile Augmented Reality Pain Assessment App to Reduce Postoperative Prescription Opioid Use in Hispanic/Latino Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Patients
- 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)
In this SBIR, ALTality, Inc. ("SpellBound") will assess the feasibility of a dual English/Spanish language augmented reality(AR)-enabled tool for assessing inpatient postoperative pain/nausea/vomiting in Hispanic/Latino children and adolescents with cancer in collaboration with bilingual Spanish-speaking anesthesiologists at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. If successful, the AR app will be an immediately implementable and commercially viable method of providing Hispanic/Latino pediatric cancer patients with limited English proficiency an adjunctive tool to overcome infrastructural barriers to receiving translation services in acute care settings that put them at higher risk of under and/or overtreatment of pain by prescription opioids and future prescription opioid dependency and misuse, at no cost to them or their families.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pediatric Cancer | Childhood Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR Pain assessment | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Augmented reality-enabled pain assessment deployed on a mobile
- description
- Age-stratified (age 7-11 and age 12-17 years old) augmented reality app to evaluate for pain and opioid-related adverse events with equivalent English and Spanish text, audio, and narration
- interventionNames
- Device: AR Pain assessment
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Primary; Percent of enrolled patients who activated/used the app during the PACU stay
- timeFrame
- immediately after the intervention/procedure/surgery
- description
- Feasibility measured as activation/usage of the app recorded by the device ID for each patient
Secondary outcomes (8)
- measure
- Total time spent playing on the AR app during the PACU stay
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 7 Years
- Maximum age
- 17 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * ages 7-17 years old * child able to provide assent, and a legal guardian able to provide informed consent * current diagnosis of pediatric cancer * undergoing surgery for cancer treatment requiring postoperative inpatient hospitalization * prescribed or expected to be prescribed opioids during inpatient perioperative period * sufficient mental capacity to comprehend and interact with the game in English or Spanish. Exclusion Criteria: * the inability to play with the SpellBound app from English or Spanish instructions * daily opioid use within 30 days prior to surgery * any concerns from the treatment team.
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDKamaladevi RK, Elakkumanan LB, Regmi S. Smart Anesthesia-Another Way of Communication During Emergence from Anesthesia Using a Smartphone. Anesth Analg. 2016 Aug;123(2):518. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001400. No abstract available. PMID 27258079
- BACKGROUNDGaither JR, Leventhal JM, Ryan SA, Camenga DR. National Trends in Hospitalizations for Opioid Poisonings Among Children and Adolescents, 1997 to 2012. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Dec 1;170(12):1195-1201. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.2154. PMID 27802492