Recruiting

Virtual Reality

Sponsor:

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Code:

NCT07427862

Conditions

Pain

Procedural Anxiety

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Meta Oculus Quest Pro

Pico 4

Pico G3

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to to utilize Virtual Reality during their interventional radiology procedure to help reduce any pain and anxiety experienced during the procedure in patients above the age of 8 undergoing interventional radiology procedures. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • To determine if Virtual Reality is more effective than standard care for reducing pain and anxiety in children undergoing painful interventional radiology procedures. It is hypothesized that children in the Virtual Reality condition will experience reduced pain and anxiety compared to children receiving standard of care.
  • To evaluate caregiver's assessment of patient distress and their satisfaction with Virtual Reality compared to standard of care. It is hypothesized that caregiver satisfaction with the medical procedure will be significantly greater in the Virtual Reality group compared to the standard of care group. It is hypothesized that caregivers will perceive lower pain/anxiety when their child receives Virtual Reality compared to standard of care.

Participants will complete pre and post surveys before and after interventional radiology procedures. Participants will use Virtual Reality headsets while undergoing procedure.

Conditions

Pain

Procedural Anxiety

Study ID

NCT07427862

Start date

Mar 1, 2026

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Sep 1, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 1, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children who are at least 8 years old
  • Children who are English speaking with caregivers who are English speaking or Spanish speaking.
  • Children who are undergoing an interventional radiology procedure are eligible to participate in this project.
  • Only children who are in the normal range of development will be recruited for this study. This will be assessed by report from the parents. The rationale for excluding patients with developmental delay is that due to their cognitive impairments, such children react to the stressors of surgery differently than do children without such developmental delay. It is unclear how such children would use the interventions included in this study, and it is likely that their responses on baseline and outcome measures will differ from children of normal developmental parameters.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children who are currently taking pain medication or anxiolytic medication will be excluded from this study.
  • Children with a psychiatric disorder, organic brain syndrome, intellectual disability, or other known cognitive/neurological disorders
  • Children with visual, auditory, or tactile deficits that would interfere with the ability to complete the experimental tasks
  • Children with a history of seizure disorder.
  • Children currently sick with flu-like symptoms or experiencing a headache or earache.
  • Children with known or suspected motion sickness.
  • Children with cochlear implants or pacemakers.

Study Design

Enrollment

500 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Use of Virtual Reality

Five minutes before the procedure and wear it throughout the procedure and can keep it on up to two minutes after procedure.

Interventions

Meta Oculus Quest Pro

Participants 10 and older can use the Meta Oculus Quest Pro headset. The headset contains content that is appropriate for patients of 10 and older with no developmental delays. The visual a bright, vibrant color and a quality image. The Virtual reality game is equipped enables the player to look around the virtual environment. In addition, there is the option to interact with the Virtual reality environment using a handheld remote. Therefore, the child will be receiving distraction via 3-D visual and auditory sensory, and tactile feedback, thus supplying a multi-sensory immersive experience. While wearing these glasses, the children only can see the Head-Mounted Display screen so that the immersion and presence will be increased. The Virtual reality glasses will be sanitized before every use so that the chance of infection will be minimized.

Pico 4

Participants 8-18 can use the Pico 4 headset. The headset contains content that is appropriate for patients aged 8-18 with no developmental delays. The visual a bright, vibrant color and a quality image. The Virtual reality game is equipped enables the player to look around the virtual environment. In addition, there is the option to interact with the Virtual reality environment using a handheld remote. Therefore, the child will be receiving distraction via 3-D visual and auditory sensory, and tactile feedback, thus supplying a multi-sensory immersive experience. While wearing these glasses, the children only can see the Head-Mounted Display screen so that the immersion and presence will be increased. The Virtual reality glasses will be sanitized before every use so that the chance of infection will be minimized.

Pico G3

Participants 13 and older can use the Pico G3 headset. The headset contains content that is appropriate for patients of 13 and older with no developmental delays. The visual a bright, vibrant color and a quality image. The Virtual reality game is equipped enables the player to look around the virtual environment. In addition, there is the option to interact with the Virtual reality environment using a handheld remote. Therefore, the child will be receiving distraction via 3-D visual and auditory sensory, and tactile feedback, thus supplying a multi-sensory immersive experience. While wearing these glasses, the children only can see the Head-Mounted Display screen so that the immersion and presence will be increased. The Virtual reality glasses will be sanitized before every use so that the chance of infection will be minimized.

Primary outcome measure

  • Mean Change from baseline in Pain Intensity During Interventional Radiology Procedures [ Time Frame: Baseline to 1 hour post-intervention ]
  • Mean Change from baseline in Anxiety Intensity During Interventional Radiology Procedures [ Time Frame: Baseline to 1 hour post-intervention ]
  • Mean satisfaction score for procedural success from caregivers. [ Time Frame: 1-hour post-intervention ]
  • Mean distress score with the medical procedure given to participants. [ Time Frame: 1-hour post-intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Saloni M Dangoria

(323) 361-4342sdangoria@chla.usc.edu

Elena Gareau

(323) 361-6208egareau@chla.usc.edu

Locations

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

Contacts

Jeffrey Gold, PhD

323-361-4342jgold@chla.usc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Last update posted

Mar 9, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • Virtual reality
  • Interventional radiology
  • Procedural Anxiety
  • Pain
  • Pediatrics

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Children's Hospital Los Angeles on 2026-03-09.