Study Summary
This trial will test if a virtual reality platform can improve patient satisfaction and understanding in spinal surgery consults.
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Lumbar Spine Surgery
Treatment Effectiveness
Effectiveness Progress
Study Objectives
6 Primary · 0 Secondary · Reporting Duration: Visits 1, 2, 3, 4 - 1. Before 360VR consult (Visit 1) 2. Immediately after 360VR consult (Visit 1) 3. Post-op 6 weeks (Visit 2) 4. Post op 3 months (Visit 3) 5. Post op 6 month (Visit 4)
Trial Safety
Safety Progress
Trial Design
1 Treatment Group
Evaluation of usefulness
1 of 1
Experimental Treatment
7 Total Participants · 1 Treatment Group
Primary Treatment: Surgical Theater · No Placebo Group · N/A
Trial Logistics
Trial Timeline
Who is running the clinical trial?
Eligibility Criteria
Age 18 - 89 · All Participants · 3 Total Inclusion Criteria
Mark “Yes” if the following statements are true for you:- Bambakidis, Nicholas C., Warren R. Selman, and Andrew E. Sloan. 2013. “Surgical Rehearsal Platform”. Neurosurgery. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). doi:10.1227/neu.0000000000000099.
- Altieri, Roberto, Antonio Melcarne, Carola Junemann, Pietro Zeppa, Francesco Zenga, Diego Garbossa, Francesco Certo, and Giuseppe Barbagallo. 2019. “Inferior Fronto-occipital Fascicle Anatomy in Brain Tumor Surgeries: From Anatomy Lab to Surgical Theater”. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2019.07.039.
- Ehlers, Justis P., Atsuro Uchida, and Sunil K. Srivastava. 2018. “The Integrative Surgical Theater”. Retina. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). doi:10.1097/iae.0000000000001999.
- Ehlers JP, Uchida A, Srivastava SK. THE INTEGRATIVE SURGICAL THEATER: Combining Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography and 3D Digital Visualization for Vitreoretinal Surgery in the DISCOVER Study. Retina. 2018 Sep;38 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S88-S96. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000001999.
- Gabriel Smith 2022. "Impact of Surgical Theater's Patient Engagement". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05334212.
Frequently Asked Questions
How extensive is the patient pool participating in this experiment?
"Affirmative. The clinical trial information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov indicates that recruitment for this medical study is ongoing; it was first posted in early January, and most recently updated in April 2022. In total, 30 patients need to be recruited from two different centres." - Anonymous Online Contributor
Does this research endeavor currently have open enrollment?
"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov's database indicates that this trial is actively searching for participants, having been initially posted on January 1st 2022 and recently edited April 11th 2022. 30 patients need to be sourced from two sites." - Anonymous Online Contributor
Does this experiment admit individuals who have surpassed sixty years of age?
"The eligibility requirements dictate that the minimum age for enrolment is 18, while the upper cutoff sits at 89 years of age." - Anonymous Online Contributor
What are the eligibility requirements for participants of this medical experiment?
"This medical trial seeks 30 participants aged between 18 and 89 who are undergoing cervical spine surgery, with the additional provisos that they must receive Surgical Theatre consultation as part of their treatment and be within the aforestated age range." - Anonymous Online Contributor