Virtual Reality Hypnosis for Chronic Pain Reduction (VRHChP)

We would like to determine how well hypnosis works when induced through virtual reality medium for patients who have suffered a major burn injury in the past two years and suffer from chronic pain. These patients are coming back to the outpatient burn and plastic clinic at Harborview Medical Center for routine follow-up. We think that patients will find VR-Hypnosis interesting, and it will help them relax and feel less pain.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Burns
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Virtual Reality Hypnosis for chronic pain; Behavioral: Virtual Reality Distraction for Chronic Pain

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 10
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Washington
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
      • Harborview Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 13 years to 75 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 13 - 75 years
• Able to complete subjective evaluations of pain
• English-speaking
• Able to communicate orally

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age less than 13 years or greater than 75 years
• Incapable of indicating subjective evaluation of pain
• Non-English-speaking (Virtual Reality Hypnosis only available in English)
• Demonstrating delirium, psychosis, or Organic Brain Disorder
• Unable to communicate verbally
• Significant developmental disability
• Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness
• Significant head/or neck injury
• Pregnant women

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Virtual Reality Hypnosis; Virtual Reality Hypnosis for chronic pain	Behavioral: Virtual Reality Hypnosis for chronic pain; At the time of their clinic visit,the subject will answer pain and anxiety questionnaires before experiencing Virtual Reality Hypnosis. After VRH, the will again answer Pain and anxiety questionnaires.
Experimental: Virtual Reality Distraction; Virtual Reality Distraction for Chronic Pain	Behavioral: Virtual Reality Distraction for Chronic Pain; At the time of their clinic visit,the subject will answer pain and anxiety questionnaires before experiencing Virtual Reality Distraction. After VRD, the will again answer Pain and anxiety questionnaires.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pain and anxiety	The subjects will answer questions regarding pain and anxiety at the time of their clinic visit, before and after experiencing virtual reality. Then the subject will be followed for up to one month.	pre and post VR and then up to one month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Washington
• Collaborators: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 1, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 6, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): April 7, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 12, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2017
• Last Verified: May 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Chronic Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 31498

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED