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Virtual Reality for Pre-Surgery Anxiety in Children

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Research Sponsored by Stanford University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Patient with age range from 6 to 25

Able to consent or have parental consent

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up duration of intervention, approximately 20-30 minutes

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial studies how virtual reality can help pediatric patients and their adult caregivers feel more awe before surgery.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for hospitalized children aged 6-25 facing surgery and their adult caregivers, who can consent in English. It's not for those with severe motion sickness, cognitive impairments, visual issues, current nausea or a history of seizures.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests how virtual reality (VR) might help reduce anxiety in kids before operations and their caregivers. Participants will either experience VR designed to awe or be part of a control group without VR.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves the use of Virtual Reality, side effects may include temporary discomfort like dizziness or headaches due to motion sickness but are generally minimal.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ duration of intervention, approximately 20-30 minutes

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~duration of intervention, approximately 20-30 minutes

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and duration of intervention, approximately 20-30 minutes for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in awe levels measured by Global Perceived Awe Survey

Secondary outcome measures

Change in awe levels measured by Perceived Need for Accommodation Survey

Change in awe levels measured by Perceived Vastness Survey

Change in engagement measured by Game Engagement Questionnaire

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Virtual RealityExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Virtual reality intervention will be given 6 times in total and each session will last not more than 60 seconds.

Group II: ControlExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will serve as their own controls. Participants will not be given any VR intervention at first but they are requested to fill out the survey to collect the baseline data.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Virtual Reality

2017

Completed Phase 3

~1630

0 / 3Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Stanford UniversityLead Sponsor

2,386 Previous Clinical Trials

17,333,806 Total Patients Enrolled

33 Trials studying Anxiety

22,925 Patients Enrolled for Anxiety

Media Library

Virtual Reality Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05743062 — N/A

Anxiety Research Study Groups: Control, Virtual Reality

Anxiety Clinical Trial 2023: Virtual Reality Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05743062 — N/A

Virtual Reality 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05743062 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

What is the cap on participants for this experiment?

"Affirmative. From clinicaltrials.gov, we learn that the trial launched on June 29th 2023 and was last modified July 2nd of the same year is currently seeking 200 participants to be enrolled at a single location."

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Do you accept elderly participants for this clinical trial?

"The stipulated parameters for this medical trial indicate that applicants must be between 6 and 99 years old. Separate clinical trials have been opened up to those below 18 or above 65."

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Who meets the criteria to take part in this investigation?

"This clinical trial is currently enrolling 200 individuals suffering from anxiety; the age range of participants must be between 6 and 99 years old. To qualify, patients should fall into one of two categories: those aged 6 to 25 or adults/LARs aged 18 to 99. In addition, they must possess English proficiency, consent (or have a parental guardian's permission) and reside in pre-operative holding and inpatient acute care areas of LCPH."

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Are there still opportunities to enroll in this experiment?

"Yes, evidence hosted on clinicaltrials.gov implies that this experiment is currently recruiting participants. It was originally posted on June 29th 2023 and has been updated as recently as July 2nd of the same year. The study requires around 200 volunteers from a single medical site for its completion."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Awe Inducing Elements in Virtual Reality Applications: A Prospective Study of Hospitalized Children

Thomas Caruso 2023. "Awe Inducing Elements in Virtual Reality Applications: A Prospective Study of Hospitalized Children". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05743062.