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Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

The Use of Virtual Reality to Reduce Anxiety and Pain in Perioperative Settings

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03744845

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Brief summary

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We will investigate whether the use of Virtual Reality (VR) preoperatively and intraoperatively can help treat pain and anxiety, as measured by patient feedback, vital signs trends, and the amounts of anesthetics, pain medications and anxiolytics used during surgical procedures. The VR intervention will be studied during short hand surgeries normally performed using local anesthesia and sedation.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03744845
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
40 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 75 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
Dec 9, 2018
Primary completion
May 14, 2024
Completion
May 14, 2024
Last update posted
Aug 9, 2026

2018 – 2024

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
UCSF Orthopedic Institute San Francisco California 94158

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