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Technology Based Distractions for Stress

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Led By Samuel Rodriguez, MD

Research Sponsored by Stanford University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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

Must have

Be younger than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline and immediately post non-invasive surgical subspecialty procedure

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether children will be less anxious during medical procedures if they wear a VR or AR headset, or if they watch a movie on a bedside entertainment system, compared to if they don't use any technology during the procedure.

Eligible Conditions

Stress
Behavioral Symptoms

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ immediately post non-invasive surgical subspecialty procedure minus baseline

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~immediately post non-invasive surgical subspecialty procedure minus baseline

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and immediately post non-invasive surgical subspecialty procedure minus baseline 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 Pain Score

Secondary outcome measures

Anxiety Meter

Anxiety Score

Family Satisfaction

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Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Intervention Group with Passive ContentExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Interventional arm will use technology based distractions (VR headsets, AR headset, tablets, or BERT projector) to prevent high anxiety before non-invasive surgical subspecialty procedures.

Group II: Intervention Group with Active ContentExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Interventional arm will use technology based distractions (VR headsets, AR headset, tablets, or BERT projector) to prevent high anxiety before non-invasive surgical subspecialty procedures.

Group III: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

The control group will be provided standard of care, which is no use of technologies.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Technology Based Distractions

2017

N/A

~520

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Stanford UniversityLead Sponsor

2,387 Previous Clinical Trials

17,333,759 Total Patients Enrolled

Samuel Rodriguez, MDPrincipal InvestigatorStanford University

2 Previous Clinical Trials

278 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Technology Based Distractions Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT03464955 — N/A

Stress Research Study Groups: Control, Intervention Group with Passive Content, Intervention Group with Active Content

Stress Clinical Trial 2023: Technology Based Distractions Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT03464955 — N/A

Technology Based Distractions 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT03464955 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Who is eligible to volunteer for this scientific experiment?

"This trial is seeking 200 participants between two and eighteen years of age who suffer from psychological stress. To be considered for inclusion, applicants must meet this criteria."

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Is this clinical trial only open to individuals of legal age?

"The eligibility criteria of this clinical trial is restricted to children aged between 2 and 18. There are 33 studies available for minors, while persons over 65 have access to 100 different trials."

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Is the research study still accepting new participants?

"An analysis of clinicaltrials.gov data suggests that this research is not currently seeking participants, with the original post dating back to October 16th 2017 and having been revised as recently as July 12th 2022. Despite this, there are 139 other medical trials actively enrolling patients at this moment in time."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

VR Usage in Non-Invasive Surgical Sub-Specialty Procedures

Samuel Rodriguez 2017. "VR Usage in Non-Invasive Surgical Sub-Specialty Procedures". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03464955.