Can VR meditation ease hospital pain? new study seeks answers
NCT ID NCT07122843
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a single virtual reality (VR) guided meditation session can lower pain and anxiety in hospitalized adults. About 38 participants with moderate to severe pain will use a VR headset for a guided meditation. Researchers will measure changes in pain and anxiety scores before and after the session to see if this approach is helpful and easy to use.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
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 38 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
-
Jan 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.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 18+ years of age * Individuals who are admitted to CSMC and who have completed the Inpatient Pain Service Center intake form. * Participants must speak one of the program's supported languages (currently English and Spanish) * Minimum pain score of 4 out 10 on baseline pain survey Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling and/or unable to participate * Does not understand English or Spanish * Self-reported history of severe motion sickness * The presence of a facial/head deformity that will prohibit the wearing of a VR HMD * Those that require corrective lenses -2.5 or stronger that cannot be corrected with contact lenses * Legally deaf * Having had a seizure in the past year * Unable to understand the instructions or to consent to participation in the study * Those who are pregnant
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Pain and anxiety are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90048, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.