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VR and music: a new way to ease chemo stress?

NCT ID NCT06305117

Symptom relief Sponsor: International Agency for Research on Cancer Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested whether using virtual reality (VR) and music during chemotherapy sessions is practical and helpful for breast cancer patients. Sixty patients were offered VR headsets with calming music and videos while receiving chemo. The goal was to see if patients would use it and if it could reduce anxiety, pain, and nausea. Results will guide a larger future trial.

What this could mean

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Active substance
virtual reality and music distraction strategy
What this could lead to
If this approach works, it could offer a drug-free way to help breast cancer patients feel less anxious and more comfortable during chemotherapy.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early feasibility study with only 60 patients and no comparison group. It cannot prove the strategy actually improves quality of life—just whether it's practical to use.

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Study facts

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Phase

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.

Participants

60 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Nov 2024

Finished

Sep 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Female participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer; * Any disease stage; * Patient must be receiving (i.e., with at least 4 remaining cures) or about to start palliative or curative neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy for their breast cancer at Centre Léon Bérard; * Willingness and ability to comply with the study requirements; * Patient must be covered by a medical insurance; * Patient must understand, speak, read and write French. Exclusion Criteria: * History of condition contraindicating the use of virtual reality (e.g., epilepsy, severe motion sickness); * Brain metastases; * Any medical or psychosocial condition that would compromise the patient's compliance to the study procedures or would likely interfere with the completion of Patient-Reported Outcomes; * Patients under tutorship or curatorship; * Patients already included in another clinical trial ongoing at Centre Léon Bérard.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast cancer breast neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

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Breast cancer

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre Léon Bérard

    Lyon, France

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