The Role of Virtual Reality During Regional Anesthesia

Part of paid clinical trials in Los Angeles, California.

Sponsor
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Study ID
NCT04163809
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Anxiety
  • Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 64 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Virtual Reality with Oculus Go headset — DEVICE
    The investigator will place the Oculus Go VR headset on the patient. VR will provide distracting, pleasant visual stimulus from the beginning of the procedure (while the patient is being cleaned and draped) and removed immediately after the regional anesthesia procedure is complete for roughly 10-20 minutes. All patients receiving VR will view the same scene.

Study Details

In this study, we will analyze the role of virtual reality in acute pain and anxiety management for regional anesthesia in pre-operative patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 27, 2020
Status verified
May 2025
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2026
Completion
Jun 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
80 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • No Intervention: Control Group (no VR)
    Patients will be randomly allocated to the control group, which receives no Virtual Reality (VR) during the regional anesthesia procedure.
  • Experimental: Experimental Group (VR)
    Patients will be randomly allocated to the the experimental group, which receives VR during the regional anesthesia procedure.

Primary Outcome Measure

Anxiety Level Prior to Regional Anesthesia [ Time Frame: questionnaire given within 1 hour prior to regional anesthesia procedure ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Cedars Sinai Medical CenterLos AngelesCalifornia90048
Janelle Burskey
310-423-9600

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