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NCT05130307
Virtual Reality Analgesia for Brief Thermal Pain
NA trial testing virtual reality game in Pain, Acute in 48 participants. Completed in 3 June 2022.
3 June 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Washington |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | crossover |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | basic science |
| Enrollment | 48 |
| Start date | 25 April 2022 |
| Primary completion | 3 June 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 3 June 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- virtual reality game
Conditions studied
- Pain, Acute — all drugs for Pain, Acute →
Sponsor
University of Washington
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Pain, Acute. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Using immersive virtual reality as a form of pain distraction during a brief "painful but tolerable" temperature.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Adding tactile feedback increases avatar ownership and makes virtual reality more effective at reducing pain in a randomized crossover study.
Hoffman HG, Fontenot MR, Garcia-Palacios A, Greenleaf WJ, et al · · 2023 · cited 10× · PMID 37217536 · DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-31038-4
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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)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05130307 (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 Washington
- Last refreshed: 24 August 2022
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