Water-friendly Virtual Reality and Brief Thermal Pain

Pain, Acute Clinical Trial

Official title:

Water-friendly Virtual Reality and Brief Thermal Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04245475
• Other study ID #: STUDY00007801
• Secondary ID: R01GM042725
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 30, 2020
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: October 2021
• Source: University of Washington
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Using immersive virtual reality as a form of pain distraction during a brief "painful but tolerable" temperature.

Description:

This study will use Quantitative Sensory Testing (computer-controlled brief 10 second thermal pain stimuli) in healthy college students. The primary aim is to conduct a randomized, controlled study with healthy volunteers to explore whether interacting with virtual objects in VR via a high tech interactive VR system makes VR significantly more effective/powerful compared to a less immersive passive VR system, vs. No VR, for reducing pain during quantitative sensory testing.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 92
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Currently enrolled in a course at the University of Washington Psychology Dept., participating in the UW Psychology subject pool
• Able to read, write and comprehend English
• Able to complete study measures
• Willing to follow our UW approved instructions
• 18 years of age or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• People how have already previously participated in this same study (e.g., last quarter) are not eligible to participate again.
• Not enrolled in a course at the University of Washington Psychology Dept., participating in the UW Psychology subject pool
• Not be able to read, write and comprehend English
• Younger than 18 years of age.
• Not capable of completing measures
• Not capable of indicating pain intensity,
• Not capable of filling out study measures,
• Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness,
• Seizure history,
• Unusual sensitivity or lack of sensitivity to pain,
• Sensitive skin,
• sensitive feet,
• migraines,
• Diabetes.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Pain
• Pain, Acute

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Virtual Reality psychological pain reduction
attention distraction

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Washington (public not eligible for participation)	Seattle	Washington

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Washington	National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	participants rating of "fun"	using a single graphic rating scale, 0 = no fun, 10 = extremely fun.	immediately after each single 10 second quantitative sensory test stimulus during a single visit
Primary	participants rating of "worst pain "	using a single graphic rating scale, 0 = no pain, 10 = excruciating pain	immediately after each single 10 second test phase quantitative sensory test stimulus during a single visit
Secondary	participants rating of "time spent thinking about pain"	using a single graphic rating scale, 0 = none of the time, 10 = all of the time	immediately after each single 10 second quantitative sensory test stimulus during a single visit
Secondary	participants rating of "pain unpleasantness "	using a single graphic rating scale, 0 = no pain, 10 = excruciating pain	immediately after each single 10 second quantitative sensory test stimulus during a single visit