NCT03681730 is a NA clinical trial of Virtual Reality in Intravenous Catheterization, sponsored by University of British Columbia.

Who is sponsoring NCT03681730?

NCT03681730 is sponsored by University of British Columbia.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03681730?

Interventions in NCT03681730: Virtual Reality.

What condition does NCT03681730 study?

NCT03681730 studies Intravenous Catheterization.

Is NCT03681730 still recruiting?

NCT03681730 is currently status unknown. Last updated 24 September 2018.

Last reviewed 2018-09-24 · How we verify

NCT03681730

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Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Virtual Reality vs Standard-of-Care for Comfort During Intravenous Catheterization

Status unknown NA Last updated 24 September 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Virtual Reality in Intravenous Catheterization in 64 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

2 May 2018

Primary endpoint
1 May 2019

1 May 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of British Columbia
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	64
Start date	2 May 2018
Primary completion	1 May 2019
Estimated completion	1 May 2019
Sites	1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

Virtual Reality

Conditions studied

Intravenous Catheterization — all drugs for Intravenous Catheterization →

Sponsor

University of British Columbia

Who can join

Adults 6 to 16, any sex, with Intravenous Catheterization. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Children often need an intravenous catheter placement for delivery of fluids and medications, a procedure associated with pain and anxiety. In the Emergency Department topical anesthetics are frequently used. Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive experience using sight, sound, and position sense. Using VR may enhance distraction during the painful procedure and may reduce attention to pain. This study will randomize children (6 - 16 years old) to receive Virtual Reality or standard of care in addition to topical anaesthetics during IV placement procedure. Investigators will measure pain, anxiety and satisfaction, amount of analgesics used and the level of success in placing the IV and compare between the two groups.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Virtual reality distraction for acute pain in children.
Lambert V, Boylan P, Boran L, Hicks P, et al · · 2020 · cited 50× · PMID 33089901 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd010686.pub2
Virtual reality for intravenous placement in the emergency department-a randomized controlled trial.
Goldman RD, Behboudi A. · · 2021 · cited 28× · PMID 32779029 · DOI 10.1007/s00431-020-03771-9

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03681730 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of British Columbia
Last refreshed: 24 September 2018

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