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2 for Pain

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Led By Roger W Yurt, MD FACS
Research Sponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up immediate
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Study Summary

The investigators propose to study the effects of virtual reality (VR) on patients' pain perception during burn wound care. Such variables include psychiatric diagnosis and standard pain coping (i.e. pain catastophizer vs. non-pain catastrophizer).Aims: The investigators intend to evaluate the use of virtual reality in pain distraction for burn patients undergoing burn wound care. To that end our aims are: 1) To determine if pain perception will be less during the portion of the procedure in which the patient is immersed in the VR session in comparison to the portion of wound care which will occur without VR immersion. 2) To determine if anticipatory anxiety will be less for the portion of wound care that includes the virtual reality in comparison to the portion without virtual reality. 3) To determine if current psychiatric diagnosis, especially acute stress disorder and depression, is related to higher pain perception and greater decrease in pain with the virtual reality distraction. 4) To determine if being a "pain catastrophizer" is related to higher pain perception and greater benefits from the

Eligible Conditions
  • Pain
  • Anxiety

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~immediate
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and immediate for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary outcome measures
"pain catastrophizing" is related to higher pain perception and greater benefits from the VR
anticipatory anxiety
current psychiatric diagnosis, is related to pain
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: 2Active Control1 Intervention
The first treatment session will involve 5-7 minutes of burn wound care while distracted by VR, and 5-7 minutes of burn wound care without the distraction of VR. The second session of burn wound care (performed within the next 3 days) will involve 5-7 minutes of burn wound care without the distraction of VR, and 5-7 minutes of burn wound care with the distraction of VR. The treatment order will be randomized.
Group II: 1Active Control1 Intervention
The first treatment session will involve 5-7 minutes of burn wound care while distracted by VR, and 5-7 minutes of burn wound care without the distraction of VR. The second session of burn wound care (performed within the next 3 days) will involve 5-7 minutes of burn wound care without the distraction of VR, and 5-7 minutes of burn wound care with the distraction of VR. The treatment order will be randomized.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityLead Sponsor
1,054 Previous Clinical Trials
1,316,516 Total Patients Enrolled
7 Trials studying Pain
1,318 Patients Enrolled for Pain
Roger W Yurt, MD FACSPrincipal InvestigatorWeill Medical College of Cornell University

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~1 spots leftby Apr 2025