VR-PMR for Post-Burn Symptoms
RecruitingNot applicableNCT07317271
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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 clinical trial is to learn whether progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), delivered either alone or enhanced with virtual reality (VR), can help treat chronic symptom, such as pain, itch, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and fatigue, in adult burn survivors. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does VR-enhanced PMR (VR-PMR) reduce chronic pain, anxiety, itch, sleep disturbances, and fatigue more effectively than standard PMR? * Is VR-PMR a feasible and acceptable self-administered home-based intervention for burn survivors? Researchers will compare two self-administered intervention conditions, VR-enhanced PMR and standard PMR, using a randomized to sequence crossover design to see if VR technology enhances the therapeutic effects of PMR on chronic symptom management in burn survivors. Participants will: * Complete home-based sessions of VR-enhanced PMR * Complete home-based sessions of standard PMR * Report symptoms such as pain, itch, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and fatigue throughout the study * Use VR equipment provided for the intervention period (during the VR-PMR arm)
Study details
- Official title
- Virtual Reality-Enhanced Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Symptom Management in Burn Survivors
- Conditions
- Burn
- Chronic Pain Following Thermal Burn Injury
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Virtual Reality
- Sleep Disturbance
- Anxiety
- Depressive Symptoms
- Fatigue Symptom
- Pruritus
- Burn Injury
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Virtual Reality-Enhanced Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Behavioral: Standard Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Start date
- 2026-02-27
- Primary completion
- 2026-12
- 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 are: * ≥18 years old; * sustained a burn injury in the last 6 months or longer; * Score high on at least one of the following: Insomnia severity index (ISI) score of ≥8, Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (BPI-SF) Pain severity score of ≥3, or PROMIS Itch Severity of ≥55; * own a smartphone or computer with reliable internet connection for online visits and survey completion; * able to comfortably wear goggles or headsets on face as determined by self-report. Exclusion criteria: * Cognitive impairment (Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) \< 25); * history of motion sickness, photosensitivity, photoinduced seizures, and claustrophobia as determined by self-report; * uncorrected visual or hearing impairments as determined by self-report; * non-English speaker.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07317271