VR may reveal how poor sleep affects your work
NCT ID NCT07431970
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study explores whether virtual reality (VR) construction tasks can detect changes in performance caused by lack of sleep. Researchers will enroll 12 participants and have them perform VR tasks after different sleep conditions. The goal is to see if VR can reliably measure sleep-related impairments and distinguish them from the effects of repeated VR use.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new way to measure how sleep affects job performance using virtual reality.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 12 people. It is not testing any treatment, and results may not apply to real-world settings.
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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.
- Participants
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About 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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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21 to 49 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Fluent in English * Tolerate virtual reality system Exclusion Criteria: * Recent shiftwork * Recent travel across time zones (\>2 in last month) * Underlying health conditions (high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, heart attack, heart failure, angioplasty, heart surgery, etc.) * Use of nicotine products such as tobacco or e-cigarettes * Use of illicit drugs in the past year * Pregnancy * Sleep disorders (obstructive sleep apnea)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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