Status:

COMPLETED

Audio-Visual Relaxation Technology for Pediatric Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome

Lead Sponsor:

Tufts Medical Center

Conditions:

Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

Eligibility:

All Genders

13-17 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

A pilot randomized controlled trial to assess feasibility, acceptability and generate outcome domains for a future RCT testing the efficacy of immersive virtual reality on pain intensity in pediatric ...

Detailed Description

Adolescents with amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome (AMPS) are invited to take part in this research project that studies two different audio-visual relaxation technologies in reducing amplified ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • A diagnosis of AMPS, including CRPS, or localized or diffuse amplified pain syndrome as determined by the primary pediatric rheumatologist and coded in EMR.
  • Informed consent for caregivers and child assent for participants.

Exclusion

  • An underlying organic cause can explain the pain including inflammatory, infectious, traumatic or malignant etiologies as determined by the primary pediatric rheumatologist.
  • Participant or caregiver report of any history of motion sickness, underlying epilepsy, severe headaches in the participant or other conditions where the use of visual exposures to stimuli is contraindicated.
  • Inability to report a pain score and/or incapacity to give assent due to intellectual deficit.
  • Blindness.
  • Non-English-speaking subjects will be excluded due to the unavailability of the content of the VR application used in this study in languages other than English.
  • Any other condition that the investigators think can compromise the integrity of the study or subject safety.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 20 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 29 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03762213

Start Date

December 20 2018

End Date

August 29 2019

Last Update

January 26 2021

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Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111