Tundra Space

Tundra Space

Clinical Research Directory

Browse clinical research sites, groups, and studies.

Back to Studies
ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
NCT04851301
PHASE1/PHASE2

Neural Mechanisms of Immersive Virtual Reality in Chronic Pain

Sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

This project examines, in chronic pain, the mechanisms of immersive virtual reality compared to the mechanisms of placebo hypoalgesia. The potential of developing new non-pharmacological premises for low-risk interventions for pain management is high.

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - 88 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

259

Start Date

2021-11-01

Completion Date

2026-11-30

Last Updated

2026-02-27

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Active Virtual Reality

Participants will be assigned to an immersive VR environment.

BEHAVIORAL

sham Virtual Reality

Participants will be assigned to a sham VR environment without the immersive experience.

OTHER

No Intervention

Participants will experience tonic pain tolerance tests without exposure to any environments.

DRUG

Naloxone

4mg of Naloxone will be administered (0.1 mL of 40 mg/ml naloxone solution given intranasally). A random allocation sequence will be independently generated by the UM Pharmacy. The Principal investigator will call for each experiment.

OTHER

Saline

Intranasal Normal Saline (0.1 mL 0.9% sodium chloride) will be administered shortly before beginning the fMRI experiment. A random allocation sequence will be independently generated by the UM Pharmacy. The Principal investigator will call for each experiment.

OTHER

Natural history

Participants will not be provided Naloxone or Saline.

Locations (1)

Luana Colloca

Baltimore, Maryland, United States