Combining Virtual Reality and Hypnosis to Alleviate Chronic Pain in Elderly Patients with Hand Arthritis
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT06833905
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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)
The goal of this pilot randomized clinical trial is to test the efficacy of an intervention combining virtual reality and hypnosis on decreasing pain and improving quality of life in elderly patients with hand arthritis. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the intervention allow for an improvement of patient reported outcomes related to pain and quality of life? * Does the intervention allow for an improvement of physiological variables related to pain? Researchers will compare intervention group to a passive control group (i.e., waiting list with treatment as usual). Participants in the intervention group will be provided a virtual reality headset allowing them to beneficiate from the virtual reality and hypnosis modules.
Study details
- Official title
- Combining Virtual Reality and Hypnosis to Alleviate Chronic Pain in Elderly Patients with Hand Arthritis: a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Arthritis
- Arthritis/Arthrosis
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Elderly
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Virtual reality: Beach
- Behavioral: Virtual Reality: Forest
- Behavioral: Hypnosis: Magic Hand
- Behavioral: Hypnosis: Pain Manipulation
- Behavioral: Session 1bis - 1 week
- Behavioral: Follow-up
- Sponsor
- Ciusss de L'Est de l'Île de Montréal
- Start date
- 2025-04
- Primary completion
- 2025-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 100 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Fluent in French * Being diagnosed with hand arthrisis * Reporting an invalidating chronic pain in hand related to the condition Exclusion Criteria: * Experiencing a medical condition altering the ability to consent or participate in the study * Experiencing cognitive disorders; Experiencing sensory disorders (deafness, blindness)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06833905