An exploratory study to assess the effectiveness of Virtual Reality assisted Guided Imagery on quality of life of cancer patients undergoing Chemo-radiation treatment.

An exploratory study to assess the effectiveness of Virtual Reality assisted Guided Imagery on quality of life of cancer patients undergoing Chemo-radiation treatment. - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/05/087252

Enrollment

160

Registered

2025-05-21

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-05-26

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms

Interventions

Intervention1: virtual device assisted guided imagery plus chemo-radiation: Virtual device assisted guided imagery plus chemo-radiation. The guided imagery programme consists of ten audio-visuals cus

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) New patients aged 18 years to 70 years with a confirmed cancer diagnosis and enrolled in chemo-radiation 2) Able to provide informed consent 3) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 2 in order to prevent biasness among the patients and to check the patient s performance status 4) Able to understand and complete the study questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Severe cognitive impairment or active psychiatric illness 2) Visual or auditory impairments that would prevent use of the VR device 3) Concurrent participation in other psychosocial interventions 4) History of seizures or motion sickness (contraindicated for VR use)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of Life using the FACT GTimepoint: Weekly	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Distress reduction using the Distress Thermometer ScaleTimepoint: Weekly	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Anisha Mawlong

Indian Institute of Public Health

eliza.dutta@iiphs.ac.in9823384186

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026