Actively Recruiting
Preventive Interventions for Chronic Pain Worsening
Led by Rigshospitalet, Denmark · Updated on 2026-05-06
44
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
89 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
R
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Lead Sponsor
T
The Novo Nordic Foundation
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is an open label randomized controlled trial (RCT), which will be conducted with patients of the Copenhagen Wound Healing Center at Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen (DK). The trial has two arms (1:1): A Virtual Reality based Pain Self-management (VRPS) program group, and a control group (usual care). Included will be 44 patients at least 18 years old; fluent in the Danish language; complaint of pain lasting 3 months or more; in average pain intensity score ≥ 3 (numerical rating scale 0 to 10); access to internet; and willing and available to participate in the study. Excluded will be specialized or multidisciplinary pain treatment at baseline; history of epilepsy, seizure disorder, nausea or dizziness, hypersensitivity to flashing light or motion or other diseases that may prevent use of virtual reality equipment; injury to eyes, face or neck.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Preventive Interventions for Chronic Pain Worsening
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- At least 18 years old
- Fluent in the Danish language
- Pain lasting 3 months or more with an average intensity score of 3 or higher (0 to 10 scale)
- Access to internet
- Willing and available to participate in the study
You will not qualify if you...
- Receiving specialized or multidisciplinary pain treatment at baseline
- History of epilepsy or seizure disorder
- History of nausea or dizziness
- Hypersensitivity to flashing lights, motion, or other conditions preventing use of virtual reality equipment
- Injury to eyes, face, or neck that makes VR use uncomfortable
- Current cancer disease
- Medical diagnosis of depression
- Cognitive dysfunction interfering with study compliance
- Currently pregnant or planning pregnancy during the study
- No internet access during the study period
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, København Ø., Denmark, 2100
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
G
Geana Kurita, PhD
CONTACT
S
Suzanne F Forsyth Herling, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
FACTORIAL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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