Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 18Years +
All Genders
NCT07450456

Effect of Virtual Reality on the Need of Premedication Before Surgery

Led by Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona · Updated on 2026-03-04

40

Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

46 weeks

Total Duration

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AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

This study will assess, on patients requesting a pharmacological premedication in the preoperative period, if virtual reality reality could reduce the request of pharmacological premedication while maintaining a good level of comfort for the patient. The aim of this study is to understand if virtual reality could reduce the need for pharmacological premedication and their associated secondary effects.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Effect of Virtual Reality on the Need of Premedication Before Surgery

Who Can Participate

Age: 18Years +
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • All patients undergoing elective surgery
  • Minimal age of 18-year-old
  • Able to give informed consent for the study
  • Requesting pharmacological premedication in the pre-operative period.
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Lacking capacity or ability to complete the consent form or to respond to the required obligations linked to the study protocol
  • Contraindications to pharmacological premedication
  • Known cognitive dysfunction, previous history of neurological/psychiatric diseases like epilepsy
  • Non Italian speaking patients
  • Injuries to the head/face that would prohibit wearing headsets
  • Infectious skin conditions of the head/face
  • Contact isolation due to bacteria and viruses
  • Symptoms of vertigo or motion sickness
  • Reduced visual or auditory acuity
  • Pregnancy
  • Claustrophobia

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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Istituto Cardiocentro

Lugano, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, 6900

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Research Team

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Hervé Schlotterbeck, Medical Doctor

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

NA

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Purpose

OTHER

Number of Arms

1

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