Clinical trials: Virtual Reality Therapy
Obesity, Morbid Obesity
Virtual Environments For Supporting Obesity Treatment
Participants 60 Patients seeking treatment at the Obesity Unit of the Medica Sur Hospital in México City, Mexico. Informed consent to participate will be aleatory assigned to a three different conditions.
- Trial name
- AVATOB (NCT01394393)
- Testing
- Experiential-Cognitive Therapy for Obesity, Behavioral cognitive Treatment, Nutritional groups (NT)
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Core Stability
Comparison Between the Effectiveness of Wii Fit Plus and Core Exercise Program in Improving Core Stability in Adults
This study will compare the effectiveness of core stability and Wii fit plus exercise in improving core stability. Group A will perform Wii fit plus exercises and group B will perform core stability exercise.
- Trial name
- NCT04220385
- Testing
- Group A, Group B
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Dow University of Health Sciences
Chronic Low Back Pain
Virtual Reality and Pain Perception During Exercises for Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
Immersion in a virtual reality environment has been shown to reduce pain during a variety of painful medical procedures, such as wound care for burn patients and dental care.
- Trial name
- NCT02679300
- Testing
- Virtual reality exercise group, Conventional exercise group (control group)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
Brain Damage
Rehabilitation Treatment of Time Deficits in Brain-damaged Patients
The efficacy of an innovative rehabilitation treatment for deficit in time processing is tested in right brain damaged patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04373837
- Testing
- Prismatic googles inducing prismatic adaptation (PA) associated to Virtual Reality (VR), Neutral googles inducing no-adaptation (NA) associated to Virtual Reality (VR)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
Communication
Physiotherapists' Placebo or Nocebo Communication Regarding VR
Rationale: Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) is a common and disabling condition. Physiotherapy is the most frequently administered nonpharmacological treatment option for patients with CMP and recently virtual reality (VR) was…
- Trial name
- NCT06307912
- Testing
- Video nocebo communication
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HAN University of Applied Sciences
Cancer of Colon, Virtual Reality
Impact of Virtual Reality on the Mental Health of Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Treatment for Colorectal Cancer
The increase in the survival of cancer patients and the incidence of cancers leads to a rapid increase in the number of people living after a diagnosis of cancer.
- Trial name
- VIRECAPS2 (NCT05365256)
- Testing
- Standard distraction during chemotherapy treatment period, Virtual distraction during chemotherapy treatment period
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
Application of Virtual Reality Technology to Treatment of Social Anxiety
The purpose of this study is to compare CBT VR exposure + VR social skills treatment to CBT Imaginal exposure + mindfulness, in reducing the severity of social anxiety in adults with autism and social anxiety (SA), to identify…
- Trial name
- NCT06845488
- Testing
- CBT, VR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Physical Health
Immersive Technology to Improve Physical Therapy Engagement
This is an experimental study to evaluate the efficacy of a Virtual Reality aid Physical Therapy (VRPT) in increasing the physical activity levels and quality of life of children.
- Trial name
- iMOVE-G (NCT06140121)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Physical Therapy, Traditional Physical Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Dental Anxiety
Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses as a Distraction Method on Child's Anxiety During Dental Treatment
The aim of the study is to evaluate and compare the effect of virtual reality glasses (VR) to conventional behavior management techniques as a distraction method on child's dental anxiety during dental treatment
- Trial name
- NCT04110379
- Testing
- Virtual Reality (VR), Conventional Behavior Management Techniques
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Nourhan M.Aly
Preoperative Anxiety, Postoperative Complications
Evaluation of Therapeutic Play Methods on Preoperative Anxiety and Acute Postoperative Symptoms in School-Age Children
This study aims to evaluate the effect of different therapeutic play methods (finger puppet play, virtual reality glasses, and smartphone games) applied to children aged 6-12 years during the preoperative period on their anxiety…
- Trial name
- TP-MAPAS (NCT07353697)
- Testing
- Finger Puppet Play, Virtual Reality Play, Smartphone Game Play
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bilecik Seyh Edebali Universitesi
Specific Phobia
Self-efficacy Enhancement and Exposure Therapy
Self-efficacy refers to the perceived belief to cope effectively, by personal efforts, with challenging situations and problems (Bandura, 1977).
- Trial name
- NCT03105024
- Testing
- Self-efficacy enhancement, Control intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Older Adults (65 Years and Older)
Virtual Reality-Enhanced Behavioral Activation for Older Adults With Depression
The primary aims of this study are to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and tolerability of using an immersive virtual reality (VR) headset to engage in behavioral activation (BA) for older adults diagnosed with major…
- Conditions
- Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Behavioral Activation Treatment, Virtual Reality Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT07188623
- Testing
- VR-Enhanced BA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Fear of Flying
Diaphragmatic Breathing During Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Aviophobia
The study investigated the effect of diaphragmatic breathing as an additional coping strategy during Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in patients with aviophobia.
- Trial name
- NCT02990208
- Testing
- Diaphragmatic breathing, Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Regensburg
Physical Disability, Cognitive Dysfunction
Evaluation of mediVR-KAGURA Guided Therapy
The objective is to evaluate mediVR-KAGURA guided therapy for the treatments of physical and cognitive dysfunctions regardless of baseline disease in a prospective interventional design.
- Trial name
- NCT04562662
- Testing
- mediVR KAGURA
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Japan Society of Clinical Research
Depression
Behavioral Self-activation and Virtual Reality in Depression
Depression is a major handicap in daily life and is often treated by behavioral activation (CA), including the Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression (BATD).The CA principle is to set up activities, in keeping with…
- Trial name
- DEPREVACT (NCT03621488)
- Testing
- Efficacy of Behavioral Self-Activation with virtual reality, Efficacy of Behavioral Self-Activation without virtual reality
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Stroke, Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment (PSCI)
Immersive Virtual Reality in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Patients With Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment
This pilot study aims to evaluate the feasibility of implementing immersive virtual reality (VR) in cognitive rehabilitation for adults with post-stroke cognitive impairment receiving outpatient therapy.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment (PSCI), Cognitive Dysfunction, Virtual Reality Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT07125170
- Testing
- Kinesix XR on Meta Quest 3
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chile
Social Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia
Using 360° Videos in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
This study aims to test the feasibility and efficacy of an individualized exposure intervention using 360-degree videos for social anxiety and agoraphobia.
- Trial name
- NCT04695249
- Testing
- Exposure intervention using 360 degree videos
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
Pain, Fear
Distraction Using VR for Children During IV in an Emergency Department
Exploring the use of virtual reality as a distracting intervention strategy for school-age children to receive intravenous placement in emergency department, and further understand the effectiveness of reducing pain and fear…
- Trial name
- NCT04081935
- Testing
- Virtual Reality
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Health-Related Behavior
Yoga With and Without VR for Core, Balance, and Stress in University Students
The present study aims to investigate the combined and comparative effects of yoga exercise performed with and without virtual reality (VR) support on stress levels, core stabilization, and balance in university students aged…
- Trial name
- NCT07310017
- Testing
- Yoga, Virtual Reality
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istinye University
Public Speaking Anxiety, Public Speaking Fear
Enhancing Generalization of Virtual Reality Exposure for Public Speaking Anxiety
This randomized controlled trial examines whether imagery-based extinction memory updating following a standardized virtual reality (VR) exposure session improves the generalization of exposure effects to novel public speaking…
- Trial name
- VREX2 (NCT07323498)
- Testing
- VR Exposure, Standard Mental Rehearsal, Mental Rehearsal With Extinction Memory Updating
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg