Virtual Reality Therapy for Cancer-Treatment Associated Symptoms
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Conditions studied: Cancer, Cancer Pain, Virtual Reality
In brief
We propose an innovative approach to symptom management in cancer patients following cancer treatments, utilizing a Multimodal Integrative Therapy (MIT) delivered via Virtual Reality (VR) program, authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration for in-home use. Our primary goal is to generate pilot data on the effects of MIT-VR program on pain, fatigue, sleep, depression, and anxiety in participants suffering from chronic cancer symptoms following cancer treatments.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06248216
- Run by
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2024-12-04
- Expected to finish
- 2027-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 88. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adults ages 18-88
- Cancer diagnosis (histology verified)
- Had surgical intervention, completed chemotherapy or radiation for therapeutic purposes
- >3 months since last cancer treatment, but participants currently undergoing endocrine or immunotherapy treatments are permissible
- Documented symptoms of cancer or cancer therapy including at least one of the following: pain, anxiety, sleep difficulty, fatigue, neuropathy
- English speaker (written and spoken)
You may not qualify if…
- Severe psychiatric condition (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, autism) leading to hospitalization within the last 3 years
- Any personal (or family first degree) history of mania, schizophrenia, or other psychoses
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain, neuropathy, fatigue, sleep or anxiety disorder prior to cancer diagnosis
- Current Hospice or palliative care only recipients
- Color-blindness
- Impaired or uncorrected hearing
- Lifetime alcohol/drug dependence or alcohol/drug abuse in past 3 months
- Conditions that would interfere with the VR mask placement (e.g. trauma, burn, infection)
- Known history of severe motion sickness
- Pregnancy or breast feeding
Where it is running
- Luana Colloca — Baltimore, Maryland, United States (enrolling)
- University of Maryland — Baltimore, Maryland, United States (enrolling)
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