Evaluating VR Therapy Using Cold Pressor Test
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Official title
Using the Cold Pressor Test to Assess Effectiveness of Low-Cost, Immersive Virtual Reality Therapy
Brief summary
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This study is testing whether or not low-cost, virtual reality (VR) headsets for mobile phones can be used as a potential distractor from pain and thus would have clinical applications as a low-cost, non-pharmaceutical method to increase pain tolerance in patients undergoing painful or uncomfortable procedures. To do this, the investigators are asking volunteers to submerge their hand up to the wrist in cold water (Cold Pressor Test), either while playing an interactive virtual reality game on the headset, or while wearing a VR headset that is turned off as a control. The investigators will record the participants' tolerance to cold water as measured by how long the participants are able to keep their hand in the cold water.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03268863
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 48 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 9, 2017
- Primary completion
- Jul 9, 2018
- Completion
- Jul 19, 2018
- Last update posted
- Jun 10, 2019
2017 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic in Arizona | Scottsdale | Arizona | 85259 | — |
| Mayo Clinic in Rochester | Rochester | Minnesota | 55901 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 10, 2019 · Synced Sep 16, 2026
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