Virtual Reality-Based Hypnotherapy for Pain, Sleep, and Mood in Spinal Cord Injury
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT07846410
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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 virtual reality (VR)-based hypnotherapy, added to conventional physiotherapy, improves pain, sleep, mood, and quality of life in adults with chronic spinal cord injury. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does VR-based hypnotherapy added to physiotherapy reduce pain intensity more than physiotherapy alone? * Does it improve neuropathic pain, sleep quality, anxiety and depression, spasticity, and quality of life? Researchers will compare participants who receive VR-based hypnotherapy in addition to physiotherapy with participants who receive physiotherapy alone. Participants will: * Receive a standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program 5 days a week for 2 weeks (10 sessions). * If assigned to the VR group, also receive an approximately 20-minute VR-based hypnotherapy session after each physiotherapy session, using a VR headset and headphones. * Complete assessments at the start of the study, at the end of the 2-week treatment period, and 2 weeks after treatment ends.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Virtual Reality-Based Hypnotherapy on Pain, Sleep, Depression, and Quality of Life in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
- Chronic Pain
- Neuropathic Pain
- Sleep Disturbance
- Depression
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Virtual Reality-Based Hypnotherapy
- Other: Conventional Physiotherapy
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital
- Start date
- 2026-10
- Primary completion
- 2026-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18 and 65 years * Diagnosis of spinal cord injury * Injury duration longer than 3 months * Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score above 24 * Willingness to participate and provision of written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Injury duration shorter than 3 months * Significant change in analgesic treatment within the last 3 months * Visual or hearing impairment * Epilepsy * Severe psychiatric illness (psychosis, severe major depression, or bipolar disorder in the acute phase) * Pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07846410