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Trial Title: Virtual Reality Gaming for Exercise and Mindfulness Among Pediatric Cancer Rehabilitation

NCT ID: NCT06298357

Condition: Pediatric Cancer

Study type: Interventional

Study phase: Phase 1

Overall status: Recruiting

Study design:

Allocation: Randomized

Intervention model: Crossover Assignment

Intervention model description: There will be 2 parallel groups, immediate start group and waitlist control group. Once control participants finish the wait period (8 weeks), they will start the intervention (8 weeks). Participants in the immediate start group will start exercise and mindfulness in the hospital and continue the program for 8 weeks outside of the hospital.

Primary purpose: Treatment

Masking: None (Open Label)

Intervention:

Intervention type: Behavioral
Intervention name: Immediate Start - Virtual Reality
Description: Participants will use a Meta Quest virtual reality headset and play video games for exercise and mindfulness. They will start using the headsets in the hospital and then will continue to do so for 8 weeks after hospital discharge.
Arm group label: Immediate Start

Intervention type: Behavioral
Intervention name: Delayed Start - Virtual Reality
Description: Participants will receive usual care in the hospital and outside of the hospital for 8 weeks. After the 8 week post-discharge period, participants will use a Meta Quest virtual reality headset and play video games for exercise and mindfulness for an 8 week period.
Arm group label: Waitlist Control

Summary: This study will explore the potential benefits of a virtual reality gaming program that focuses on mindfulness and exercise among pediatric cancer rehabilitation patients. The program will last 8 weeks outside of the hospital. Participants will start immediately in the hospital (immediate start group) or wait 8 weeks after hospital discharge to start the program (waitlist control group).

Criteria for eligibility:
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria: - >7 years of age - medical diagnosis of malignancy or non-malignant condition requiring hematopoietic stem cell transplant - a caregiver who can assist the child with the study procedures Exclusion Criteria: - complete blindness or deafness - inability to operate the hand-held controllers - susceptible to motion sickness in virtual reality - inability to communicate in English

Gender: All

Minimum age: 8 Years

Maximum age: N/A

Healthy volunteers: No

Locations:

Facility:
Name: Children's Hospital of Alabama

Address:
City: Birmingham
Zip: 35233
Country: United States

Status: Recruiting

Contact:
Last name: Byron Lai, PhD

Phone: 205-200-1724
Email: byronlai@uab.edu

Start date: June 27, 2024

Completion date: March 31, 2026

Lead sponsor:
Agency: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Agency class: Other

Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Record processing date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06298357

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