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NCT05310747

Can Exposure to Inclusive Virtual Art Decrease Pain and Social Disconnection Among Individuals Living With Chronic Pain?

Completed NA Last updated 23 April 2025
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Artwork present in Chronic Pain in 311 participants. Completed in 6 January 2023.

Timeline
7 October 2022
Primary endpoint
6 January 2023
6 January 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of California, Davis
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designfactorial
Maskingtriple
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment311
Start date7 October 2022
Primary completion6 January 2023
Estimated completion6 January 2023
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of California, Davis

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Chronic Pain or Social Disconnection. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The proposed study is an experimental intervention to test for the effects of exposure to art by means of a virtual museum visit. It examines the fundamental question of whether exposure to virtual art can alleviate pain. Google Arts \& Culture has digitized the collections of over 2,000 museums, art galleries, and other cultural institutions. The platform is free and allows 'visitors' to explore art from around the world. For this study, the PIs have chosen artwork from this collection and created a virtual museum gallery such that research participants will visit the museum with or without art (i.e., we will remove all art from the virtual galleries). In addition, we hypothesize that individuals primed to experience social connection prior to art exposure will experience lower perceived social disconnection and pain than those who are not primed.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Using Digital Art and Attachment Priming in a Web-Based Serious Game to Reduce Pain and Social Disconnection in Individuals With Chronic Pain and Loneliness: Randomized Controlled Trial.
    Peña J, Koebner I, Weisman W. · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 39602564 · DOI 10.2196/52294

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