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Virtual Reality Guided Acupuncture Imagery Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain

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Chronic Low-back Pain

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Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

Testing the effect of Virtual Reality - guided imagery acupuncture

Official Title

A Feasibility Study of Virtual Reality Guided Acupuncture Imagery Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-07-16
Study Completion:2025-05-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06814470

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Volunteers 18-75 years of age.
  2. * Meet the Classification Criteria of chronic LBP (having low back pain for more than 6 months), as determined by the referring physician.
  3. * At least 4/10 clinical pain on the 11-point LBP intensity scale.
  4. * Must have had a prior evaluation of their low back pain by a health care provider, which may have included radiographic studies. Documentation of this evaluation will be sought from Partners or outside medical records and kept in the subject's research record.
  5. * At least a 10th grade English-reading level; English can be a second language provided that the patients feel they understand all the questions used in the assessment measures.
  1. * Specific causes of back pain (e.g. cancer, fractures, infections),
  2. * Complicated back problems (e.g. prior back surgery, medico legal issues),
  3. * Possible contraindications for acupuncture (e.g. coagulation disorders, cardiac pacemakers, pregnancy, seizure disorder), and conditions that might confound longitudinal effects or interpretation of results (e.g. severe fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis).
  4. * Conditions making study participation difficult (eg, paralysis, psychoses, or other severe psychological problems as per the judgment of a study investigator during Session 1)
  5. * The intent to undergo surgery during the time of involvement in the study.
  6. * Unresolved medical legal/disability/workers compensation claims in connection with low back pain.
  7. * Lacking the capacity to consent for oneself
  8. * Do not have access to zoom or other software regularly to complete the study.

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations (Sites)

Lucy Chen
Charlestown, Massachusetts, 02129
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-07-16
Study Completion Date2025-05-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-07-16
Study Completion Date2025-05-31

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Chronic Low-back Pain