Recruiting

Virtual Reality Headset

Sponsor:

The Cleveland Clinic

Code:

NCT07493863

Conditions

Ergonomics

Virtual Reality Headset

Virtual Reality

Endoscopy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Virtual reality headset

MYSELF checklist

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of using a virtual reality headset (VRH) during endoscopy and its impact on the endoscopist ergonomics. We will use the Apple Vision Pro during approximately 140 endoscopic procedures during which ergonomics will be assessed.

Conditions

Ergonomics

Virtual Reality Headset

Virtual Reality

Endoscopy

Study ID

NCT07493863

Start date

Mar 10, 2026

Status verified date

Mar, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Endoscopist: endoscopist at Cleveland Clinic Weston who consent to participate in the study and are performing either colonoscopy, EUS, or ERCP.
  • Patient: patient undergoing colonoscopy, EUS, or ERCP

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Exclude the following procedures: Device-assisted colonoscopy (e.g.- double balloon, pathfinder, etc)
  • ERCP in native papilla
  • Cholangioscopy
  • Therapeutic EUS procedures (FNA/FNB, Stent Placement)
  • Planned Mucosal Resection of Polyps > 20 mm
  • Inpatient procedures
  • Aborted procedures

Study Design

Enrollment

140 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Sequential

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: NonVRH

Endoscopic procedure without virtual reality headset (VRH)

active comparator: VRH

Endoscopic procedure completed with virtual reality headset (VRH)

Interventions

Virtual reality headset

Use of the virtual reality headset during endoscopic procedures.

MYSELF checklist

A preprocedural timeout to improve ergonomics.

Primary outcome measure

  • Risk Reduction of endoscopy related musculoskeletal injury by VRH as assessed by rapid entire body assessment (REBA) score. [ Time Frame: From the start until the end of an endoscopic procedure. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Cleveland Clinic Weston

Recruiting

Weston, Florida, United States, 33331

Contacts

Tilak Shah, MD

877.463.2010SHAHT3@ccf.org

More Information

Sponsor

The Cleveland Clinic

Last update posted

Mar 25, 2026

Last verified

Mar, 2026

Keywords

  • ergonomics
  • virtual reality
  • virtual reality headset
  • endoscopy

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The Cleveland Clinic on 2026-03-25.