Does Virtual Reality Improve Symptom Burden in Dialysis Patients?

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dialysis, Virtual Reality

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the use of virtual reality therapy in dialysis patients. The main question it aims to answer is: Does virtual reality improve symptom burden in dialysis patients and improve their mental wellbeing? Over a period of one month, one virtual reality therapy session of 30 minutes will be performed during each regular hemodialysis session. Since we will conduct a monocentric, crossover randomized controlled trial, the participants act as their own control group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06250582

Run by

David Blum

People needed

20

Starts

2024-12-02

Expected to finish

2025-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Older than 18 years;
• in treatment with thrice-weekly hemodialysis sessions;
• regular hemodialysis duration of three to five hours
• having no visual impairment
• having no acoustic deficit
• patient must be capable of speaking and understanding German or English
• no signs of cognitive impairment
• patient oriented in time and space
• being able to give informed consent as documented by signature

You may not qualify if…

• diagnosis of epilepsy
• current pregnancy

Where it is running

• University Hospital Zurich — Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland (enrolling)

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