The Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality as a Pain Control Modality After Hip Arthroscopy
CompletedNot applicableNCT05868369
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
1. The purpose of the research is to assess the efficacy of postoperative immersive virtual reality (iVR) compared to a standard multimodal pain regimen including opioids and a local block on acute postoperative pain management following hip arthroscopy 2. The primary research procedures are medical record review for demographic information, head-mounted immersive virtual reality experience in PACU, and pre-operative and post-operative surveys 3. The study will enroll adult patients of all ages undergoing elective hip arthroscopy procedures for any diagnosis
Study details
- Official title
- The Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality as a Pain Control Modality After Hip Arthroscopy
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: iVR Group
- Drug: Standard pain management regimen
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Start date
- 2023-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2025-04-25
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients 18 years of age or older with hip pathology * Failed non-operative treatment of hip pathology * Undergoing primary, elective and isolated hip arthroscopy for their hip pathology * Complete pre-operative and post-operative questionnaires Exclusion Criteria: * Minors (17 years of age and younger) * Traumatic injuries undergoing emergent surgery * Undergoing revision hip arthroscopic surgery * Do not complete pre-operative and post-operative questionnaires * Patients not able to undergo elective surgery * Pregnant women * Prisoners * Patients with conditions that interfere with VR usage including: history of seizure or epilepsy, facial injury precluding safe placement of headset, visual impairment impacting ability to visualize VR images, hearing impairment impacting ability to follow audio instructions
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05868369