A prospective study on the effects and mechanism of VR(virtual reality) on chronic neuropathic pain

A prospective open-label, non-contrastive study on the effects and mechanism of VR(virtual reality) on chronic neuropathic pain - A prospective study on the effects of VR(virtual reality) on chronic neuropathic pain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000052917

Enrollment

Registered

2023-11-28

Start date

2021-05-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

chronic neuropathic pain

Interventions

Research subjects experience an original VR program (a shooting game which takes about 10 minutes) using a VR headset once a day from day 0 to day 28. They visit the outpatient clinic on day 0, 14 and

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Research subjects should be patients who are treated in the outpatient pain clinic at our hospital, are 20 years old or older, regardless of gender. They also should have chronic neuropathic pain for more than 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The patients below should be excluded. -the patients who cannot agree on joining the research -the patients who also have nociceptive pain or neuroplastic pain -the patients who are expected to be difficult to comply with the protocol or evaluate the outcome because of having psychotic illness or cognitive dysfunction

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The intensity of pain measured by NRS (numerical rating scale)	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactSaeko Hamaoka

Juntendo University of Medicine The department of anesthesiology and pain clinic

s-hamaoka@juntendo.ac.jp03-3813-3111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026