VR CPR training study pulled before it began
NCT ID NCT06445764
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if virtual reality training helps first-year emergency residents manage traumatic cardiac arrest faster than e-learning. It was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available. The trial was designed to compare time to critical actions in a simulated setting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- virtual reality training
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 110 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * first-year residents at the emergency department * only people who do not need eyeglasses for using VR Exclusion Criteria: \- pre-disposition for cybersickness (motion sickness, pregnancy, pre-existing cybersickness)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, 1090, Austria
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