Recruiting

VR & SP

Sponsor:

Boston Children's Hospital

Code:

NCT03719209

Conditions

Gastrointestinal Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

HealthVoyager

Standard Practice

Study Details

Brief summary:

The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effect and impact of a technology which creates a virtual reality (VR), personalized representation of a patient's endoscopic findings in comparison our standard practice (SP). Our study will compare the level of knowledge, understanding and satisfaction the patient and family have between those receiving SP and those receiving both SP and VR.

Conditions

Gastrointestinal Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Study ID

NCT03719209

Start date

Sep 1, 2017

Status verified date

Oct, 2018

Completion date

Oct, 2019

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2019

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients aged 8-25 years of age who are willing and able to participate
  • Patients who recently had an endoscopic procedure at Boston Children's Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who are unable to provide consent due to age or developmental status

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

placebo comparator: Standard Practice

Patients and families will be shown images of their endoscopic procedure per standard practice.

experimental: Virtual Reality

Patients and families will be showed the results of their endoscopic procedure via a virtual reality application called HealthVoyager, in addition to standard practice images.

Interventions

HealthVoyager

HealthVoyager is a virtual reality application that allows providers to create customized representations for patients and share the results of endoscopic procedures via an interactive platform. The app can show both normal and abnormal endoscopic findings and anatomy. Families will also receive a web link so that they may access the procedure results via the app at home on their smartphone or tablet.

Standard Practice

Patients and families will receive handouts with printed images of their endoscopic findings, as per standard practice at Boston Children's Hospital.

Primary outcome measure

  • Patient and family knowledge, understanding, and satisfaction [ Time Frame: 1 month ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

McKenzie Leier, BA

6179194609mckenzie.leier@childrens.harvard.edu

Locations

Boston Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Contacts

McKenzie M Leier, BA

617-919-4609mckenzie.leier@childrens.harvard.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Boston Children's Hospital

Last update posted

May 9, 2019

Last verified

Oct, 2018

Keywords

  • Crohns disease
  • Patient Education
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Celiac
  • Ulcer
  • Polyp
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Virtual Reality

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Boston Children's Hospital on 2019-05-09.