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Administrative data

NCT number NCT05030792
Other study ID # UMCC 2021.056
Secondary ID HUM00199671
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date October 26, 2021
Est. completion date May 16, 2022

Study information

Verified date November 2022
Source University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is to assess the feasibility of using a Virtual Reality (VR) headset to provide nature-based Attention-Restorative Therapy (ART) as treatment for cognitive impairment in post-treatment cancer survivors. At ART's foundation is the belief that exposure to nature can improve attention by fully engaging a person in a safe and relaxing experience. This intervention uses a VR headset to expose the participant to nature while overcoming some potential barriers of nature-based interventions like access, physical ability, and bad weather. The goal of this study is to understand if people are willing to use the VR headsets to experience nature virtually, if they find it helpful with cancer-related cognitive impairments (CRCI) symptoms and if they are satisfied with using it. Participants will be asked to use self-management materials (weekly home practice logs, Oculus Go™ and online questionnaires) for 6 weeks. Investigators hope to use information from this small feasibility study to study the effectiveness of the intervention in a larger group of cancer survivors and ultimately to help cancer survivors struggling with cognitive impairments.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 30
Est. completion date May 16, 2022
Est. primary completion date May 16, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Female - Age =18 - Stage I-III breast cancer - Reports a negative change in cognitive function since their cancer diagnosis and rate their cognitive fatigue using a single item questions as a =4 on a numeric rating scale of 0-10 for 1 month or more. - Completed primary treatment (chemotherapy, radiation and/or surgery) = 3 months but no more than 10 years prior to registration. - May use concurrent adjuvant endocrine therapy and/or HER2-targeted therapy while on study. - Ability to provide informed written consent. - Ability to read and write English. - Ability to be independent in decision making. Must respond No to "Do you have a guardian or blanket power of attorney for legal transactions?" Exclusion Criteria: - Other therapies intended to treat CRCI (allowed if person has been on them for 30 days prior to registration, and dose or treatment is not expected to change, and CRCI remains sufficiently uncontrolled per criteria of 4 or more on a 0 to 10 scale). - Antidepressants (allowed if person has been on them for 30 days prior to registration, and dose or treatment is not expected to change, and CRCI remains sufficiently uncontrolled per inclusion criteria). - Chronic oral or intravenous systemic steroid use (defined as being used on a regular basis or who have a problem that has required ongoing use of steroids in the last 180 days for greater than 7 days). - Psychiatric disorder such as severe depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder or schizophrenia. (Defined per medical history and/or patient self-report.) - Pain requiring opioid pain medication. - Electronic implanted medical device (e.g. pacemaker). - History of motion sickness within 5 years prior to enrollment will require a tolerability test at baseline.

Study Design


Intervention

Other:
Attention-restorative therapy (ART)-based virtual reality (VR)
The ART-based VR intervention will be provided using an Oculus Go™ which is a commercially available, all-in-one VR headset with a handheld controller.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Ann Arbor Michigan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center NRG Oncology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Adherence rate (acceptability) Adherence will be measured using weekly home practice logs in which participants will record the frequency and duration of their ART-VR exposure. Adherence will be calculated by arm and is defined in arm 1 as using the VR intervention =14.4 times (=432 minutes) over the course of the study. In arm 2, adherence is defined as using the VR intervention =19.2 times (=576 minutes) over the course of the study. The intervention will be considered acceptable if the adherence rate is 80% or more in either arm (or both arms). 6 weeks
Secondary Attrition rate (feasibility) Included in the attrition count will be anyone who does not provide response to the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function (Fact-Cog) questionnaire during week 6 of the study. The intervention will be considered feasible if the attrition rate is 25% or less in either arm (or both arms). 6 weeks
Secondary Participant experience assessed using Thematic Analysis During week 6, research staff will record (either via audio or HIPAA-compliant video platform) participant responses to a set of 6 participant experience questions. Responses will be transcribed and reviewed by two study team members. The research team will then connect the codes to try to identify themes for participant experience. Data analysis will be grounded in the theory of Thematic Analysis, which has been proven to be an effective framework for uncovering meaning in qualitative data. 6 weeks
Secondary Impact of intervention, measured by Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function (Fact-Cog) questionnaire Fact-Cog is a 37-item scale with 4 subscales (Perceived Cognitive Impairments, Impact of Perceived Cognitive Impairments on QoL, Comments from Others, Perceived Cognitive Abilities) with a 7-days recall. Effect sizes for the FACT-Cog and subscales will be calculated for each arm from baseline to week 6. Data will be summarized using descriptive statistics. At baseline, week 4 and week 6
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