N/A
N=31
Virtual Reality Guided Acupuncture Imagery Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain
Chronic Low-back Pain
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT06814470 ↗Enrolled (actual)
31
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jan 2026
Primary outcome: Primary: Retention — 14; 14 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Virtual reality guided imagery acupuncture treatment (VRGAIT) (Other); Virtual reality guided imagery acupuncture treatment control (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Primary completion
- Jan 2025
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Retention |
14; 14 | — |
| PRIMARY Satisfaction to the Interventions |
4.7; 3.9 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Adverse Events (Safety of the Intervention) |
0; 0 | — |
| SECONDARY PROMIS-29 |
1; 0.5 | — |
| SECONDARY Pain Bothersomeness Scale |
2; 0.71 | — |
| SECONDARY MGH Acupuncture Sensation Scale (MASS) |
9.0; 4.5 | — |
| SECONDARY Vividness Scale |
8.6; 7.9 | — |
Summary
Testing the effect of Virtual Reality - guided imagery acupuncture
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Volunteers 18-75 years of age.
- Meet the Classification Criteria of chronic LBP (having low back pain for more than 6 months), as determined by the referring physician.
- At least 4/10 clinical pain on the 11-point LBP intensity scale.
- Must have had a prior evaluation of their low back pain by a health care provider, which may have included radiographic studies. Documentation of this evaluation will be sought from Partners or outside medical records and kept in the subject's research record.
- At least a 10th grade English-reading level; English can be a second language provided that the patients feel they understand all the questions used in the assessment measures.
Exclusion Criteria
- Specific causes of back pain (e.g. cancer, fractures, infections),
- Complicated back problems (e.g. prior back surgery, medico legal issues),
- Possible contraindications for acupuncture (e.g. coagulation disorders, cardiac pacemakers, pregnancy, seizure disorder), and conditions that might confound longitudinal effects or interpretation of results (e.g. severe fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis).
- Conditions making study participation difficult (eg, paralysis, psychoses, or other severe psychological problems as per the judgment of a study investigator during Session 1)
- The intent to undergo surgery during the time of involvement in the study.
- Unresolved medical legal/disability/workers compensation claims in connection with low back pain.
- Lacking the capacity to consent for oneself
- Do not have access to zoom or other software regularly to complete the study.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06814470). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.