Status:

COMPLETED

Virtual Reality Intervention Alleviates Dyspnea in Patients Recovering From COVID Pneumonia

Lead Sponsor:

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Collaborating Sponsors:

Mindmaze SA

Conditions:

Covid19

Dyspnea

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The present COVID-19 Virtual Reality (COVVR) clinical study is performed to test the hypothesis that an immersive virtual reality (iVR)-based Digital Therapeutics (DTx), would alleviate dyspnea by imp...

Detailed Description

Persistent dyspnea is the experience of breathlessness that persists despite optimal treatment of the underlying pathophysiology, and results in physical, psychosocial disability for the patient. As o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia confirmed by RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2
  • Presented with persistent dyspnea with a self-rated intensity of five or higher (out of ten) on a visual analog dyspnea scale. ( "Do you have difficulty breathing?" "On a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being no difficulty to breathe and 10 being the worst difficulty to breathe that you can imagine, where do you rank?".) This dyspnea rating will only used as an inclusion criterion and not as an outcome.
  • Being able to give consent
  • Being able to understand and speak French or English

Exclusion

  • Any unstable respiratory, neurological, and cardiac conditions
  • Any psychiatric illness
  • Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score below 25.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 26 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 6 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

26 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04844567

Start Date

November 26 2020

End Date

April 6 2021

Last Update

March 16 2022

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Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve (HUG)

Geneva, Switzerland, 1205