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Virtual Reality Treatment for Chronic Back Pain (VRNT)

This study is testing two types of virtual reality (VR) therapy for adults with chronic back pain: Skills-based Virtual Reality Therapy and Distraction-based Virtual Reality Therapy. You might be able to join if you are between 18 and 85 years old and have had chronic low back pain for at least six months, without nerve pain radiating down your leg. The study aims to see how much these VR therapies can reduce your pain intensity and how much pain interferes with your daily life after 8 weeks. The current status of this study is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 200 participants who will be randomly assigned to one of two virtual reality therapy groups.
What's involved
You will complete an online survey, sign a consent form, and then have a two-week baseline period with two assessments. After that, you will receive 8 weeks of virtual reality therapy.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary outcome measures are assessed at 8 weeks after treatment begins.

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NCT07033195

Virtual Reality Treatment for Adults With Chronic Back Pain (VRNT)

Active, Not Recruiting
NAAges 18–85InterventionalTreatment
CognifiSense Inc.
~200 participants
Updated 2026-08-19 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Skills-based Virtual Reality TherapyDistraction-based Virtual Reality Therapy

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in Pain Intensity and Interference
Measured over Change from pre-treatment to post-treatment = 8 weeks

Conditions

Chronic Pain
Chronic Back Pain
Chronic Lower Back Pain (CLBP)

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Colorado1

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Men and women aged 18 to 85.
Self-reported diagnosis of chronic low back pain without radicular symptoms.
Chronic low back pain duration of 6 months or more, and pain at least half the days in the last 6 months.
Lower back pain as primary chronic pain complaint (greater than pain in other bodily regions).
Average pain intensity of 4 or more out of 10 for the past week (from BPI-SF).
English fluency (8th grade level).
Willing to comply with study procedures/restrictions.
Access to Wi-Fi.
Implicit de facto internet and computer literacy.

Exclusion

Applicants, who are pregnant, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding
Back pain associated with compensation / litigation within 1 year.
Leg pain greater than back pain (suggests neuropathic pain; may be less responsive to psychological therapy).
Chronic pain other than chronic back pain.
Diagnoses of schizophrenia, multiple personality dissociative identity disorder.
History of major depressive disorder not controlled with medication or other conditions that produce significant cognitive or emotional disability.
History of substance abuse.
Inability to undergo MRI (determined at screening; see XVI: Risks to Participants).
Any clinically significant unstable medical abnormality or acute or chronic disease of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), hepatic, or renal systems; including: history of cardiovascular disease or issues (e.g., recent heart attack), stroke; brain surgery, or brain tumor; Diabetes; cancer (last 12 months); diagnosis of a specific inflammatory disorder: rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, scleroderma, Lupus; polymyositis; or Cauda Equina syndrome.
History of seizure disorder, epilepsy, convulsions, or increased intracranial pressure anytime except pediatric febrile seizures.
History of vertigo, dizziness, susceptibility to motion sickness
History of head injury within 6 months,
Unexplained, unintended weight loss of 'â• 20 lbs in past year. Self-reported history of (digital) eye strain or computer vision syndrome. Unable or unwilling to meet study attendance requirements. MRI contraindications as determined by MRI safety screen (e.g., pregnancy, metal in body, claustrophobia, using the standard screen conducted by the MRI imaging facility).

What this trial measures

  • Change in Pain Intensity and InterferenceChange from pre-treatment to post-treatment = 8 weeks

    Brief Pain Inventory-short form (BPI-SF). Measured on a Scale of 0 to 10, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst pain imaginable.