Skip to content

VR Pilot for Pancreatitis

Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT06362187
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruiting status changes often. Contact the study team listed on ClinicalTrials.gov, and talk to your doctor before joining a study.

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)

The purpose of the research is to test the feasibility and preliminary impact of a home-based, standardized, gut-directed, virtual reality cognitive behavioral therapy (VR CBT) on clinical and functional outcomes of patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) pain. The primary research procedures are questionnaires and biometric Fitbit data. The study will enroll adult patients with CP.

Study details

Official title
A Feasibility Study on Gut-Directed Virtual Reality for Chronic Pain Related to Chronic Pancreatitis
Conditions
Interventions
  • Device: Gut Directed VR
  • Device: Sham Control VR
Sponsor
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Start date
2027-07-22
Primary completion
2028-05
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 75 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: * Diagnosis of CP \[as determined by Cambridge 3-4 imaging classification (using CT, MRI, or MRCP) or a histologic diagnosis of CP\] * Clinically significant abdominal pain, measured using the standardized NIH PROMIS GI Pain Scale14 and defined as scoring at least 5 points above the nationally normed score (0.5 SD effect size), indicating equal or greater than the minimally clinically important difference (MCID) of abdominal pain * Are 18-75 years of age * Are able to read/write English. The study does not include non-English speakers as to current study material are only available in English. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are presenting with a condition that interferes with VR usage (e.g., seizures, facial injury precluding safe placement of headset, visual impairment) * Patients who have cognitive impairment that affects protocol participation * Patients who are recommended for long-term hospitalization * Patients who are estimated to live \<3 months from the time of enrollment * Patients who have been diagnosed with a pancreatic tumor * Patients who have been enrolled in an interventional/therapeutic drug trial for chronic or recurrent pancreatitis within the last 6 months

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06362187