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Study identifier: NCT06685107 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Virtual Reality and Standard Care vs. Standard Care Alone for Acute MSK Pain in Geriatric ED Patients

Condition: Acute Musculoskeletal Pain  ·  Sponsor: Antonios Likourezos

PhaseNA
Planned participants180
Who can joinAll sexes, 65 Years to 120 Years
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

The proposed Virtual Reality as an Adjunct to Pain Management for Geriatric Patients in the ED (VRAP-ED) project will take place in the Emergency Medicine Department at Maimonides Medical Center. It seeks to enhance the analgesic practices for geriatric patients with acute painful conditions in the emergency setting. Although virtual reality (VR) has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing pain and anxiety in various clinical settings for juveniles and adults, the analgesic efficacy of VR for geriatric ED patients lacks established data. The project will use a geriatric-focused VR platform. The project intends to improve pain management for almost 200 geriatric patients by evaluating the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) in reducing pain and its impact on anxiety \& stress reduction. The research project will conduct a randomized clinical trial to investigate the analgesic efficacy and impact on anxiety \& stress by using VR as an adjunct to the standard of care (SOC) for pain management in elderly patients presenting to the ED with acute musculoskeletal pain. This will be investigated through a prospective, randomized, non-blinded clinical trial conducted over two years. Eligible patients will be randomly assigned to either the control (SOC) or intervention (SOC+VR) groups. The expected outcomes of this research study will provide insight into the feasibility of using VR in a busy emergency setting for one of the most commonly encountered painful syndromes and to assess …

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Talk to the study team

Sergey Motov, MD  ·  718-283-6000  ·  smotov@maimo.org

Antonios Likourezos, MA, MPH  ·  alikourezos@maimo.org

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Locations (1)

Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn, New York, United StatesRecruiting

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