Who is sponsoring NCT04544618?

NCT04544618 is sponsored by University of Manitoba.

What drugs are being tested in NCT04544618?

Interventions in NCT04544618: Virtual reality operating room simulation.

What condition does NCT04544618 study?

NCT04544618 studies Anxiety State.

Is NCT04544618 still recruiting?

NCT04544618 is currently completed. Last updated 20 February 2024.

Last reviewed 2024-02-20 · How we verify

NCT04544618

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

Evaluation of a Pre-surgical Virtual Reality Simulation for Cancer Surgery Patients

Completed NA Last updated 20 February 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Virtual reality operating room simulation in Anxiety State in 23 participants. Completed in 31 January 2024.

Timeline

1 December 2021

Primary endpoint
31 January 2024

31 January 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Manitoba
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	23
Start date	1 December 2021
Primary completion	31 January 2024
Estimated completion	31 January 2024
Sites	1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

Virtual reality operating room simulation

Conditions studied

Anxiety State — all drugs for Anxiety State →

Sponsor

University of Manitoba

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Anxiety State. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study will pilot test and explore the feasibility of a virtual reality simulation of the operating room environment to reduce anxiety/distress in cancer surgery patients. Study objectives are to evaluate recruitment and data collection procedures, outcome measures, participant feedback on the virtual reality operating room intervention, and the inclusion of a treatment as usual group, and effects of the intervention on symptoms of anxiety/distress. Results of this study will inform the design of an upcoming larger-scale RCT to assess the efficacy of this intervention

Publications & conference data

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

An Immersive Virtual Reality Intervention for Preoperative Anxiety and Distress Among Adults Undergoing Oncological Surgery: Protocol for a 3-Phase Development and Feasibility Trial.
El-Gabalawy R, Sommer JL, Hebbard P, Reynolds K, et al · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 38743939 · DOI 10.2196/55692
Preoperative Virtual Reality to Expose Patients With Breast Cancer to the Operating Room Environment: Feasibility and Pilot Case Series Study.
Sommer JL, Reynolds K, Hebbard P, Smith MSD, et al · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 38231570 · DOI 10.2196/46367
An Interactive Preoperative Virtual Reality Intervention for Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Oncological Surgery: A Feasibility and Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.
El-Gabalawy R, Logan GS, Hebbard P, Sommer JL, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42024710 · DOI 10.1002/jso.70269

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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 NCT04544618 (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 Manitoba
Last refreshed: 20 February 2024

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