Virtual Pain Care Trial

NCT ID: NCT05772468

Last Updated: 2025-01-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-07

Study Completion Date

2025-11-01

Brief Summary

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The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect on pain of Virtual Reality Therapy as add-on therapy during wound care procedures in adults.

Detailed Description

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After inclusion and completion of the informed consent form, patients are randomly allocated to the intervention group or control group in a 1:1 ratio. Randomization will not be blinded since both the provider and patient know if the patient will be wearing the VR system during wound care or not wearing the VR system.

Patients are randomly assigned to one of two groups:

Group 1 - Intervention group 1, Virtual Reality Therapy Group 2 - Control group, care as usual

Conditions

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Wound Wound and Injuries Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Randomization will not be blinded since both the provider and patient know if the patient will be wearing the VR system during wound care or not wearing the VR system.

Study Groups

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Virtual Reality Therapy (Intervention group 1)

In addition to the standard wound care procedure, the Virtual Reality Therapy group (intervention group 1) will receive the VR system during the wound care. The VR system consists of Virtual Reality glasses, and a headphone. The application VRelax will be used, which will contain various videos for the patient those from to relax and be distracted. This group wears the VR system 10 minutes before the start of the wound care, until 1 minute after the wound care has ended.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality ('VRelax' VR system)

Intervention Type DEVICE

The intervention group 1 will be wearing the 'VRelax' Virtual Reality system during the wound care moment in addition to the standard procedure. The VR system consists of Virtual Reality glasses, and a headphone. The VRelax Application will be used.

Care as usual (control group/group 2)

The control group (group 2), also known as the care as usual group, receives the standard procedure during wound care without 'VRelax' VR system.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Virtual Reality ('VRelax' VR system)

The intervention group 1 will be wearing the 'VRelax' Virtual Reality system during the wound care moment in addition to the standard procedure. The VR system consists of Virtual Reality glasses, and a headphone. The VRelax Application will be used.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Individuals aged 18 or older with wounds receiving wound care
* Individuals who will undergo minimum of 1 to a maximum of 3 sequential complex wound care procedures
* At least 1 prior painful wound care procedure, where they have indicated a VAS ≥ 4, or patients reporting a VAS ≥ 4 before initiating the wound care procedure.

Exclusion Criteria

* Individuals not being able to understand Dutch language at primary school level
* Individuals not being able to read or write Dutch
* Individuals diagnosed with dementia and/or cognitive impairment
* Individuals diagnosed with epilepsy
* Individuals diagnosed with migraine
* Individuals with severe dizziness and/or nausea
* Individuals with a known history of claustrophobia
* Individuals who are unable to sign informed consent owing to mental disorder or formally stated to be incompetent to decide
* Individuals who have no feeling in the wound care area
* Individuals with physical (and/or cognitive) disabilities on the face, eye, ear, nose and neck that prevent the use of the VR headgear and/or headphones
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Marlies P. Schijven

Professor doctor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Marlies Schijven, Prof. dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

Locations

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Amsterdam University Medical Center

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

Other Identifiers

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NL82360.029.22

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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