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