[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-study-detail:100603540":3},{"organization":4,"armGroups":7,"interventions":20,"overallOfficials":35,"centralContacts":39,"locations":50,"responsibleParty":69,"collaborators":71,"id":75,"slug":76,"hasResults":77,"nctId":78,"briefTitle":79,"officialTitle":80,"acronym":81,"eligibilityCriteria":82,"healthyVolunteers":77,"sex":83,"minAge":84,"maxAge":85,"enrollmentInfo":86,"targetDuration":26,"studyType":89,"phases":90,"briefSummary":92,"conditions":93,"keywords":97,"overallStatus":104,"whyStopped":26,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":105,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":106,"startDateStruct":109,"completionDateStruct":111,"leadSponsor":113,"locationsCount":114},{"fullName":5,"class":6},"Université de Sherbrooke","OTHER",[8,15],{"label":9,"type":10,"description":11,"interventionNames":12},"Virtual reality (VR) + Cranial nerve non-invasive neuromodulation (CN-NINM)","EXPERIMENTAL","CN-NINM will be applied during the VR interventions (20 min).",[13,14],"Procedure: Virtual reality","Procedure: Cranial nerve non-invasive neuromodulation (CN-NINM)",{"label":16,"type":10,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Virtual reality (VR) + sham CN-NINM","Sham CN-NINM (no stimulation) will be applied during the VR interventions (20 min).",[13,19],"Procedure: Sham CN-NINM",[21,27,31],{"type":22,"name":23,"description":24,"armGroupLabels":25,"otherNames":26},"PROCEDURE","Virtual reality","The VR intervention will take place in a quiet room. The participant will be installed in a seated position, wearing a virtual reality headset that includes an audio device playing sounds. The eyes are covered by a mask featuring a screen showing calming 3D VR images (e.g. beach landscapes), designed by our team. The intervention lasts 20 minutes. The hypnotic suggestions with auditory and visual calming stimulations will help the person to focus on the present moment, to reduce anxiety and painful sensations.",[9,16],null,{"type":22,"name":28,"description":29,"armGroupLabels":30,"otherNames":26},"Cranial nerve non-invasive neuromodulation (CN-NINM)","During each intervention including CN-NINM, this latter will be applied for 20 minutes, with the help of a portable stimulator comprising a network of 18 electrodes, directly on the tongue of the participants. The participants will hold the CN-NINM in place by pressing their tongue upwards. The CN-NINM will generate high-frequency pulses (50 µsec to 150 Hz), and the intensity of the stimulus will be set by each participant to a comfortable level of sensation, similar to the sensation in the mouth of a soft drink.",[9],{"type":22,"name":32,"description":33,"armGroupLabels":34,"otherNames":26},"Sham CN-NINM","In this study, we will have a control intervention which will be placebo CN-NINM. For placebo CN-NINM, participants will wear the device such as the real CN-NINM group, without having experienced the tingling sensation beforehand, so they will not know what the CN-NINM potential effect is.",[16],[36],{"name":37,"affiliation":5,"role":38},"Guillaume Léonard, PhD","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",[40,45],{"name":37,"role":41,"phone":42,"phoneExt":43,"email":44},"CONTACT","819-821-8000","72933","guillaume.leonard2@usherbrooke.ca",{"name":46,"role":41,"phone":47,"phoneExt":48,"email":49},"Maureen Ahiatsi, MSc","819-780-2220","45691","maureen.rudy.sandra.ahiatsi@usherbrooke.ca",[51],{"facility":52,"status":26,"city":53,"state":54,"zip":55,"country":56,"countryCode":57,"cosmosGeoPoint":58,"geoPoint":63,"contacts":64},"Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement (CdRV)","Sherbrooke","Quebec","J1H 4C4","Canada","CA",{"type":59,"coordinates":60},"Point",[61,62],-71.89908,45.40008,{"lat":62,"lon":61},[65,66,68],{"name":37,"role":41,"phone":42,"phoneExt":43,"email":44},{"name":46,"role":41,"phone":67,"phoneExt":48,"email":49},"819-446-4220",{"name":37,"role":38,"phone":26,"phoneExt":26,"email":26},{"type":70,"investigatorFullName":26,"investigatorTitle":26,"investigatorAffiliation":26,"oldNameTitle":26,"oldOrganization":26},"SPONSOR",[72],{"name":73,"class":74},"Chronic Pain Center of Excellence for Canadian Veterans","UNKNOWN","100603540","virtual-reality-and-cranial-nerve-non-invasive-neuromodulation-to-improve-quality-of-life-for-veterans-100603540",false,"NCT07137845","Virtual Reality and Cranial Nerve Non-invasive Neuromodulation to Improve Quality of Life for Veterans","Virtual Reality and Cranial Nerve Non-invasive Neuromodulation to Improve Quality of Life for Veterans Living With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Chronic Pain","VR & CN-NINM","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Be a veteran;\n2. Be ≥18 years old;\n3. Have a diagnosis of chronic musculoskeletal pain (pain \\> 6 months);\n4. Have been diagnosed with PTSD by a health professional and\u002For have a PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) score \\> 30\u002F80 and\n5. Speak English or French.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Bipolar disorder, psychosis;\n2. Neuropathic pain (based on the Neuropathic Pain Diagnosis and Questionnaire (DN4));\n3. Visual disorders or photosensitivity, color blindness;\n4. Epilepsy, motion sickness and\n5. Any containdications to CN-NINM.","ALL","18 Years","80 Years",{"count":87,"type":88},30,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[91],"NA","Veterans in Canada are twice as likely as the general population to experience chronic pain. This pain is often linked to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and both have a major impact on their quality of life. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays a key role in these pathologies, making its modulation a promising therapeutic target. Veterans are already experiencing pain and PTSD relief via virtual reality (VR), mostly through ANS reactivity modulation. Long-term exposure (desensitization) and the calming effect are the two forms of VR; the latter is more tolerable and more suited for ANS rebalance. Its benefits on pain, however, are still mild and transient. In order to further enhance these benefits, cranial nerve non-invasive neuromodulation (CN-NINM), a novel technology that enables the direct flow of neuronal impulses through tongue stimulation, is suggested to be combined with virtual reality (VR). The goal of this project is to document the feasibility of an intervention combining virtual reality (VR) with real and sham cranial nerve non-invasive neuromodulation (CN-NINM) in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain.\n\nThe secondary objectives are: 1) to explore and compare the effect of the two interventions (VR + real CN-NINM vs. VR + sham CN-NINM) on various clinical measures, and 2) to explore and compare the effect of these two interventions on autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity.\n\nEach intervention will be applied for 20 minutes. Their painful condition (whether diagnosed or not, type, location, intensity, and unpleasant aspects of the pain) as well as their PTSD-related symptoms will be assessed before and after the intervention.\n\nAt the end of this study, it is expected that the CN-NINM could become a complementary treatment option for relieving pain and PTSD symptoms in PVs and, ultimately, improving their quality of life.",[94,95,96],"Chronic Pain","PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder","Quality of Life (QOL)",[98,99,100,101,102,28,103],"Chronic pain","PTSD","Veterans","Autonomic nervous system","Virtual reality (VR)","Quality of life","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2025-08-22",{"date":107,"type":108},"2025-08-29","ACTUAL",{"date":110,"type":88},"2025-09",{"date":112,"type":88},"2027-08",{"name":5,"class":6},1]