Are you healthy and looking to help advance medical science?

You may be eligible to participate in a cancer clinical study, and could be compensated for your time.

Are you healthy and looking to help advance medical science? You may be eligible to participate in a cancer clinical study, and could be compensated for your time.

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Cancer Clinical Trial in Vancouver British Columbia
NCT02995434 | Interventional

Are you healthy and looking to help advance medical science?

You may be eligible to participate in a cancer clinical study, and could be compensated for your time.

Are you healthy and looking to help advance medical science? You may be eligible to participate in a cancer clinical study, and could be compensated for your time.

Recruiting

Male & Female

16 Years +

This study is looking to recruit 100 Participants

This study seeks to explore the efficacy of immersive multimedia experiences as a practical adjunctive therapeutic intervention in the self-management of the chronic pain associated with cancer patients. A comparative controlled interventional trial and qualitative interpretative-descriptive exploration will be undertaken with 100 cancer patients who are experiencing chronic pain. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a virtual reality (VR) therapy group or a 2D computer based multimedia control group (50 subjects in each). They will undertake either a series of VR interventions, or 2D computer based multimedia control sessions in their own homes over a period of a month. The intervention will be used daily for a month to enable customization to the therapy and record data over a long enough period of time to account for any individual short-term changes in pain. The VR sessions will consist of using a VR head mounted display (HMD) and computer to explore interactive immersive environments. The control group will be exposed to similar 2D computer based multimedia experiences (without a VR headset) that on home computers. Pre, during, and post pain test scores and quality of sleep assessments will be recorded using standardized tools. In addition to the primary study, a sub-study will be conducted where ten of the subjects who demonstrated the most improvement in their pain using the VR experience will be selected and invited to explore for any measurable changes in neurological activity using pre and post exposure electroencephalography (EEG).