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NCT06298357CompletedPhase 1

Virtual Reality Gaming for Exercise and Mindfulness Among Pediatric Cancer Rehabilitation

Virtual Reality Gaming for Exercise and Mindfulness Among Pediatric Cancer Rehabilitation Patients: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study will explore the potential benefits of a virtual reality gaming program that focuses on mindfulness and exercise among pediatric cancer rehabilitation patients. The program will last 8 weeks outside of the hospital. Participants will start immediately in the hospital (immediate start group) or wait 8 weeks after hospital discharge to start the program (waitlist control group).

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
11 (actual)
First submitted
29 Feb 2024
Start date
27 Jun 2024
Primary completion date
1 Dec 2025
Lead sponsor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NCT number
NCT06298357

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
  • Participants enrolled: 11
  • From 27 Jun 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Dec 2025
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other

  • complete blindness or deafness
  • inability to operate the hand-held controllers
  • susceptible to motion sickness in virtual reality
  • inability to communicate in English

Who the study is looking for

  • \>7 years of age
  • medical diagnosis of malignancy or non-malignant condition requiring hematopoietic stem cell transplant or a hospital stay that is anticipated to last for at least 2 weeks
  • a caregiver who can assist the child with the study procedures

Age in the registry: 8 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Children's Hospital of Alabama
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BirminghamUnited StatesUnknown status

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