NCT04268901 is a NA clinical trial of Samsung Gear VR in Phlebotomy, sponsored by Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Who is sponsoring NCT04268901?

NCT04268901 is sponsored by Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

What drugs are being tested in NCT04268901?

Interventions in NCT04268901: Samsung Gear VR, Merge VR, Oculus Go.

What condition does NCT04268901 study?

NCT04268901 studies Phlebotomy, Orthopedics, Radiology, Pain, Anxiety, Virtual Reality, Allergy, Gastroenterology.

Is NCT04268901 still recruiting?

NCT04268901 is currently status unknown. Last updated 27 October 2023.

Last reviewed 2023-10-27 · How we verify

NCT04268901

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

VR to Reduce Pain/Anxiety During Painful Procedures

Status unknown NA Last updated 27 October 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Samsung Gear VR in Phlebotomy in 700 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

19 February 2016

Primary endpoint
6 December 2025

6 December 2025

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	700
Start date	19 February 2016
Primary completion	6 December 2025
Estimated completion	6 December 2025
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Samsung Gear VR
Merge VR
Oculus Go

Conditions studied

Phlebotomy — all drugs for Phlebotomy →
Orthopedics — all drugs for Orthopedics →
Radiology — all drugs for Radiology →
Pain — all drugs for Pain →

Sponsor

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Who can join

Adults 7 to 21, any sex, with Phlebotomy or Orthopedics. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study aims to test the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) as a non-pharmaceutical intervention to reduce pain and anxiety in children undergoing painful procedures in Phlebotomy, Radiology, Infusion, Orthopedics, Gastroenterology, and Immunology, amongst others, at CHLA, as measured by self- and proxy-report. Examples of the painful procedures include IV sticks, cast removals, allergy testing, and anorectal manometries.

Publications & conference data

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

Exploring Relations Between Unique Patient Characteristics and Virtual Reality Immersion Level on Anxiety and Pain in Patients Undergoing Venipuncture: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Control Trial.
Gold JI, Akbar KM, Avila S, Ngo NH, et al · · 2024 · cited 5× · PMID 38949862 · DOI 10.2196/53196
Trends of Decentralized Clinical Trials Using Digital Technology for Decentralization
Sato T, Mizumoto S, Ota M, Shikano M. · · 2022 · DOI 10.2139/ssrn.4243284

Verify or expand the search:

Other trials of Samsung Gear VR

Trials testing the same drug.

NCT04942561 — VR to Reduce Pain/Anxiety During IV Starts · NA · completed

Other recruiting trials for Phlebotomy

Currently open trials in the same condition.

NCT05878483 — Autonomous Blood Drawing Optimization and Performance Testing · NA · recruiting

Other Children's Hospital Los Angeles trials

Trials by the same sponsor.

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NCT07427862 — Virtual Reality (VR) for Interventional Radiology (IR) Procedures · recruiting
NCT07213908 — Comparing Two School-Based Sleep Health Interventions To Promote Sleep Quality in Youth · NA · recruiting

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 NCT04268901 (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 Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Last refreshed: 27 October 2023

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