Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Virtual Reality for Advanced Cancer Pain
Lead Sponsor:
University College, London
Collaborating Sponsors:
Velindre NHS Trust
Lancaster University
Conditions:
Neoplasm Metastasis
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Background Pain is commonly experienced by people who are living with advanced (incurable) cancer. There is evidence to suggest virtual reality could help to relieve this pain: however, this evidence...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients will be considered eligible to participate if:
- Under the care of the specialist palliative care team or cancer centre
- A documented diagnosis of advanced cancer (Synonyms: "Palliative", "terminal", "incurable", "treatable but not curable") in their medical notes, confirmed by the clinical team.
- Adult (aged 18 years or over)
- Pain score in the last 7 days of ≥1 on Numerical Rating Scale \[0-10\]
- Full visual and auditory abilities
- No restriction in range of head and neck movement
- Capacity to consent to the study
- Fluent in English
- An estimated prognosis of longer than 6 months.
- Professional/staff participants will be considered eligible if:
- a registered healthcare professional (doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, psychologists)
- employed by the study or location or by the virtual reality company.
Exclusion
- Patients will be excluded if:
- a diagnosis of epilepsy
- are imminently dying
- the clinical team feel it would be detrimental to participate
- do not meet the study inclusion criteria
- Professional/staff participants will be excluded if:
- • They are not employed by the study location, or the virtual reality company
- We will document reasons for not participating, where offered.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2024
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06534580
Start Date
September 1 2024
End Date
November 30 2025
Last Update
December 6 2024
Active Locations (4)
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1
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Brighton, United Kingdom
2
Velindre University NHS Trust
Cardiff, United Kingdom
3
Marie Curie Hospice, Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
4
St Christophers Hospice, London
London, United Kingdom