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First received: January 15, 2024

Clinical Trial: Virtual Reality for Satisfaction and Tolerability During Intercostal Chest Drain Insertion: A Headset-Based Randomized Controlled Trial

Study Status: COMPLETED

Recruit Status: COMPLETED

Condition: Pleural Effusion

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL


Official Title: Satisfaction and Tolerability of Virtual Reality as a Distraction During Small-Bore Intercostal Chest Drain Insertion: The VR-STICH Randomized Controlled Trial

Brief Summary: Intercostal chest drain (ICC) insertion is a common procedure done worldwide to treat and diagnose pleural disease. It is used to evacuate fluid, blood, or air in the cavity from a myriad of causes namely pleural effusions of different etiologies, empyema, hemothorax, chylothorax and pneumothorax. It also functions as a route for antibiotics, pleurodesis and fibrinolytics. Hippocrates, whose practiced medicine 2,400 years ago, is often credited with being the first to insert a metal tube into the pleural region to…

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