Feasibility and Acceptability of ReCognitionVR-based Cognitive Stimulation in Surgical Patients

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Conditions studied: Surgery, Delirium, Delirium, Post-Operative

In brief

This study aims to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of using ReCognitionVR virtual reality-based software in older surgical patients. Results from this study will be used to inform the design of a future study in critically ill hospitalized patients at risk for delirium.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06232317

Run by

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

People needed

30

Starts

2023-12-09

Expected to finish

2024-05-07

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-17

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ≥60 years of age
• Scheduled to undergo the following abdominal surgeries (open or laparoscopic or robotic assisted): small bowel and large bowel surgery; cholecystectomy; Whipple procedure; pancreatectomy; splenectomy.
• Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) Score 0

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects with baseline cognitive impairment
• Person with active psychiatric disorders and being treated with medications, especially schizophrenia
• Person who is deaf or blind
• Person with an underlying cognitive disorder or associated phobias (e.g., claustrophobia)
• Person participating in other clinical trials involving drugs, biologics, devices, or behavioral interventions
• Active seizure disorders

Where it is running

• Houston Methodist Research Institute — Houston, Texas, United States

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