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Could VR headsets ease cancer pain without pills?

NCT ID NCT07318519

Symptom relief Sponsor: Medstar Health Research Institute Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a virtual reality (VR) program that uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people with long-term cancer pain. Forty adults with cancer and pain lasting at least 3 months will use the VR headset at home for 10 minutes daily over two weeks. The goal is to see if the device is easy to use, safe, and acceptable, and to gather early data on whether it reduces pain and distress.

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 program delivering cognitive behavioral therapy
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a drug-free way to manage chronic cancer pain at home, improving quality of life.
What could go wrong
This is a very early feasibility study with only 40 people. It tests if the device is usable and acceptable, not yet if it truly reduces pain. Some may experience motion sickness or discomfort with the VR headset.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

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

About 40 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2025

Expected to finish

May 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * age at least 18 years old * cancer diagnosis, undergoing treatment * chronic cancer pain (i.e., cancer pain at least 3 months duration) with baseline pain severity at least 4/10 (where 0=no pain, 10=worst pain) Exclusion Criteria: * intractable nausea/vomiting, motion sickness, seizures/epilepsy, and/or cranial structures/abnormalities preventing VR headset use * moderate-severe pain of non-cancer etiology * enrolled in another pain study * unable to complete survey measures or interviews in English or Spanish

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer Cancer Pain Chronic Pain neoplasm Pain

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Cancer Cancer pain Chronic cancer pain

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Duke University School of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • MedStar Health Research Institute

    RECRUITING

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

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