Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Virtual Reality (VR) Therapy on Patients Undergoing Hand Surgery Under Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia
Lead Sponsor:
Jessa Hospital
Conditions:
Anesthesia, Local
Surgery
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
By means of an investigator-initiated, monocentric, single-blinded, prospective, randomized controlled superiority trial, the effect of virtual reality (VR) therapy on patients undergoing ambulatory h...
Detailed Description
Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (RA) is the golden standard in ambulatory superficial hand surgery due to its safety and reliability. Frequently used RA techniques are ultrasound-guided distal p...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- ≥18 years and \<65 years
- ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology) classification: 1 - 3
- Patient scheduled for ambulatory hand surgery using ultrasound-guided axillary block regional anesthesia or ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block.
Exclusion
- Bilateral surgery
- BMI ≥ 40 kg/m²
- Motion sickness
- Patient that take medication that affects heart rhythm (beta-blockade)
- Infection in the area for peripheral nerve block injections.
- Existing neurological conditions.
- Chronic pain symptoms
- Opioid use within the past 3 months
- Allergy to local anesthetics
- Inability to experience the VR glasses experience (Vision disorders)
- Inability to understand study design or mental impairment
- Patients with autonomic nervous system dysfunction
- Pregnancy
- Heart transplant patients, patients with diabetic neuropathy, patients with myocardial infarction (or having passed through it) and/or tetraplegic patients
- Fear of being under water
- Sea sickness
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 26 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 6 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05183412
Start Date
January 26 2022
End Date
September 6 2023
Last Update
September 27 2024
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Jessa hospital
Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium