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NCT05466123

Bringing Life to Those Near Death

Enrolling by Invitation
NAAges 18+InterventionalSupportive care
Mayo Clinic
~20 participants
Updated 2026-07-07 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Virtual Reality

At a glance

Recruiting sites
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What they're measuring
Change in anxiety
Measured over Baseline, post-intervention approximately 30 minutes
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Palliative Care

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Florida1

Study leadership

  • Chimere Bruning, PA-C · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Mayo Clinic

Who to contact

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

A terminal or end-stage condition with an expected prognosis of a year or less.
An established palliative care patient.
English-speaking.
Able to wear virtual reality equipment (goggles, etc.).
Subject or Caregiver able to provide consent.

Exclusion

Younger than 18 years of age.
Lack of a prognosis of approximately 1 year or less.

What this trial measures

  • Change in anxietyBaseline, post-intervention approximately 30 minutes

    Measured using the self-reported Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) questionnaire. Subjects rank how often they have been bother by specific problems within the last 2 weeks on a scale of 0 being not at all and 3 being nearly every day. Total scores range from 0-20, with higher scores indicating more anxiety severity.

  • Change in emotional distressBaseline, post-intervention approximately 30 minutes

    Measured using the self-reported Distress from Death and Dying Survey. Subjects rank their distress on a scale or 0-10, 0 being no distress at all, and 10 being completely distressed. Total scores range from 0-130, with higher scores indicating more distress severity.