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Virtual reality goggles could make IV sticks less scary for kids

NCT ID NCT05066061

Symptom relief Sponsor: University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at whether using a virtual reality mask during IV insertion can reduce pain and anxiety in children aged 6 to 11. The goal was to make the procedure easier for kids, parents, and nurses. The study was stopped early, but it involved 34 children at a hospital day unit.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

34 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Dec 2021

Finished

Nov 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

6 to 11 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Children from 6 to 11 years old requiring an intravenous catheter insertion in a pediatric day hospital at the Clermont Ferrand University Hospital. * Subjects and their parents who were informed about the study and gave informed consent * Subjects who have had local anesthetic cream for 1-5 hours at the puncture site * On the first attempt to apply intravenous catheter on the day of inclusion * Subjects and their parents able to use the self-report scales proposed in the study. Exclusion Criteria: Children from 6 to 11 : * Having a modification of pain's integration (spina bifida for example) * Having received an analgesic before the care * Requiring contact isolation * With a history of seizures or motion sickness * Born very prematurely (\< 28 SA) * Presenting a contraindication to the use of the local anesthetic cream * Presenting a contraindication to the use of the anesthetic and anxiolytic gas. * Presenting a contraindication to the use of the virtual reality mask: heart disease, epilepsy, psychiatric illness (major anxiety, post traumatic stress syndrome)

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Conditions

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Pain, Procedural

As listed by the trial registrant

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Catheterization, peripheral venous Children, only Pain, procedural Virtual reality

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France

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