NCT04572425 is a NA clinical trial of Guided imagery in Heart Failure，Congestive, sponsored by Medstar Health Research Institute.

Who is sponsoring NCT04572425?

NCT04572425 is sponsored by Medstar Health Research Institute.

What drugs are being tested in NCT04572425?

Interventions in NCT04572425: Guided imagery, Virtual reality.

What condition does NCT04572425 study?

NCT04572425 studies Heart Failure，Congestive, Acute Pain, Chronic Pain.

Is NCT04572425 still recruiting?

NCT04572425 is currently completed. Last updated 1 October 2020.

Last reviewed 2020-10-01 · How we verify

NCT04572425

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

Virtual Reality for Pain Management in Advanced Heart Failure

Completed NA Last updated 1 October 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Guided imagery in Heart Failure，Congestive in 94 participants. Completed in 30 March 2020.

Timeline

1 October 2018

Primary endpoint
29 March 2020

30 March 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Medstar Health Research Institute
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	94
Start date	1 October 2018
Primary completion	29 March 2020
Estimated completion	30 March 2020
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Guided imagery
Virtual reality

Conditions studied

Heart Failure，Congestive — all drugs for Heart Failure，Congestive →
Acute Pain — all drugs for Acute Pain →
Chronic Pain — all drugs for Chronic Pain →

Sponsor

Medstar Health Research Institute

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Heart Failure，Congestive or Acute Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the impact of virtual reality therapy on mitigating heart failure pain in hospitalized patients with heart failure and compare this impact to that of 2-dimensional guided imagery distraction therapy.

Publications & conference data

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

Virtual reality for pain management in advanced heart failure: A randomized controlled study.
Groninger H, Stewart D, Fisher JM, Tefera E, et al · · 2021 · cited 24× · PMID 34431398 · DOI 10.1177/02692163211041273
Using Virtual Reality to Improve Outcomes Related to Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Serious Illnesses: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Maheta B, Kraft A, Interrante N, Fereydooni S, et al · · 2025 · cited 10× · PMID 40009834 · DOI 10.2196/54452

Verify or expand the search:

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Trials testing the same drug.

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Other recruiting trials for Heart Failure，Congestive

Currently open trials in the same condition.

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NCT04179643 — AB-1002 in Patients With Class III Heart Failure · Phase 1 · active not recruiting

Other Medstar Health Research Institute trials

Trials by the same sponsor.

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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 NCT04572425 (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 Medstar Health Research Institute
Last refreshed: 1 October 2020

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