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VR AI Meditation for Pain and Anxiety

This study is testing if VR Guided Meditation can help reduce pain and anxiety. You would wear a special headset for about 15 minutes that puts you in a calming, 3D nature scene. An AI (Artificial Intelligence) guide will lead you through a meditation based on your age and pain information. Researchers want to see if your pain and anxiety scores improve after using the VR meditation. They also want to understand how well people accept this new approach and find ways to make it better. The study is looking for 38 participants who are admitted to CSMC (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) and have a pain score of 4 or higher out of 10.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 38 participants. It is a single-arm study, meaning all participants will receive the VR Guided Meditation intervention.
What's involved
You would wear a VR headset for approximately 15 minutes for a guided meditation experience. Your pain and anxiety levels will be measured before and after this 15-minute session.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your pain and anxiety levels are measured immediately before and after the 15-minute VR experience.

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NCT07122843

VR AI Meditation for Pain

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
Christopher Almario
~38 participants
Updated 2025-11-26 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:VR Guided Meditation

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Pain Numeric Rating Scale Pre and Post VR Guided Meditation
Measured over Pre VR Use (Baseline) and Post VR Use (after a 15 minutes experience in VR)

Conditions

Pain and Anxiety

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
California1

Study leadership

  • Christopher V Almario, MD, MSHPM · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Who to contact

Ella F Tetrault, BS
[email protected]
4243151311
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

18+ years of age
Individuals who are admitted to CSMC and who have completed the Inpatient Pain Service Center intake form.
Participants must speak one of the program's supported languages (currently English and Spanish)
Minimum pain score of 4 out 10 on baseline pain survey

Exclusion

Unwilling and/or unable to participate
Does not understand English or Spanish
Self-reported history of severe motion sickness
The presence of a facial/head deformity that will prohibit the wearing of a VR HMD
Those that require corrective lenses -2.5 or stronger that cannot be corrected with contact lenses
Legally deaf
Having had a seizure in the past year
Unable to understand the instructions or to consent to participation in the study
Those who are pregnant

What this trial measures

  • Pain Numeric Rating Scale Pre and Post VR Guided MeditationPre VR Use (Baseline) and Post VR Use (after a 15 minutes experience in VR)

    To evaluate impact to pain levels after VR guided meditation (1 time). We will use a validated pain survey and look at Pain Numeric Rating Scale (pre compared to post-VR).