NCT07272486Completed
The Use of Virtual Reality and Music Therapy for Hypertensive Urgency
Effect of Virtual Reality and Classical Music Therapy on Blood Pressure and Anxiety in Patients With Hypertensive Urgency
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to evaluate whether virtual reality (VR) and classical music therapy, when added to standard antihypertensive treatment, can improve blood pressure control and reduce anxiety in patients presenting to the emergency department with hypertensive urgency. Patients with primary hypertension and no signs of end-organ damage will be randomly assigned to receive either standard treatment alone or standard treatment combined with VR and classical music. Blood pressure will be monitored at multiple time points over a 120-minute period, and anxiety will be assessed using the State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I). The study seeks to determine if these non-pharmacological interventions can enhance the effectiveness of routine management of hypertensive urgency.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 130 (actual)
- First submitted
- 27 Nov 2025
- Start date
- 1 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 31 Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT07272486
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 130
- From 1 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Jul 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 illness
- Diagnosis of secondary hypertension
- Any medication intolerance or known hypersensitivity to captopril or nitrate therapy
- Current severe psychiatric disorder or cognitive impairment interfering with participation
- Contraindications to using virtual reality (history of severe vertigo, epilepsy, motion sickness, etc.)
Age
- Age younger than 18 years
Other
- Hemodynamic instability requiring immediate high-intensity medical intervention
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 years or older
- Clinical diagnosis of primary hypertension
- Presentation to the emergency department with hypertensive urgency
- Absence of any signs of acute end-organ damage
- Ability to understand the study and provide informed consent
- Able to cooperate with serial blood pressure measurements
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ankara | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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