VR AI Meditation for Pain
Recruiting · NCT07122843 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Christopher Almario
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
VR Guided Meditation
What this trial is about
This study aims to assess changes in pain and anxiety as reported by the Pain Numeric Rating Scale (PNRS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory 6 (STAI-6), pre and post a guided meditation in Virtual reality. Objectives of the study are also to determine the feasibility, and patient acceptance of utilizing a LLM-generated guided meditation in VR. Our goal is to learn about any limitations of our approach and provide a pathway for future improvements in creating a VR AI therapist that is optimally aligned with the needs of users.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- 18+ years of age
- Individuals who are admitted to CSMC and who have completed the Inpatient Pain Service Center intake form.
- Participants must speak one of the program's supported languages (currently English and Spanish)
- Minimum pain score of 4 out 10 on baseline pain survey
Exclusion criteria
- Unwilling and/or unable to participate
- Does not understand English or Spanish
- Self-reported history of severe motion sickness
- The presence of a facial/head deformity that will prohibit the wearing of a VR HMD
- Those that require corrective lenses -2.5 or stronger that cannot be corrected with contact lenses
- Legally deaf
- Having had a seizure in the past year
- Unable to understand the instructions or to consent to participation in the study
- Those who are pregnant
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Los Angeles, California, United States