NCT04273919

A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Karuna Virtual Reality Program for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT04273919
Registration Date2020-02-18
StatusWithdrawn
SponsorUniversity of Pennsylvania
CountryUnited States
Industrynot industry
Blindingblinded
Center Typesingel-center RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In2020-08-01
Last Patient Out2022-02-01
Publicationn
Gender %ALL
Mean Age18 Years -
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field GLM
glm-5.1
8962ms / 8922 tok
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Thinking: claude-opus-4-20250514
5335ms / 10191 tok
OPENAI
gpt-4o
Thinking: o3
2533ms / 8789 tok
Review
rct_type parallel RCT parallel RCT parallel RCT OK
cancer_status non-cancer non-cancer non-cancer OK
non_cancer_spec N/A N/A N/A OK
setting_patient outpatient outpatient outpatient OK
setting_place other other other OK
feasibility feasibility RCT feasibility RCT feasibility RCT OK
intervention_pharmacologic no no no OK
intervention_chemo_immuno_radio no no no OK
intervention_complementary yes no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The clinical trial evaluates a virtual reality program and devices, which do not fall under the specified CAM modalities.
yes yes → yes → yes
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: yes — The study includes mindfulness meditation as one of the virtual reality interventions, which is a complementary and alternative medicine modality. Thinking: yes — Study group 1 participates in mindfulness meditation sessions, and meditation is listed as a complementary intervention.
yes no → no → yes
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The trial evaluates a virtual reality program, which is not considered a complementary CAM modality. Thinking: yes — One study arm delivers mindfulness meditation, and meditation is listed as a complementary modality.
OK
intervention_device yes yes yes OK
intervention_psychological no no → no
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: no Requery: no — The interventions consist of virtual reality programs using either graded motor imagery or mindfulness meditation, which are behavioral and physical techniques rather than structured psychotherapy (e.g., CBT, ACT).
yes yes → yes → no
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: yes Requery: yes — The study includes mindfulness meditation as one intervention arm, which is a structured psychological therapeutic approach. Thinking: no — While the study includes mindfulness meditation via VR, it is not described as a named structured psychological therapy like MBSR, CBT, or psychotherapy.
yes yes → no → yes
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: yes Requery: no — The trial focuses on virtual reality interventions, including mindfulness mediation and graded motor imagery, which do not qualify as structured psychological therapies. Thinking: yes — Interventions include structured mindfulness meditation and graded exposure/motor imagery, which are named psychological therapies delivered via VR.
intervention_complex no no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no
no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — This is a single-modality virtual reality intervention comparing two different VR programs (mindfulness meditation vs graded motor imagery), not a multi-component intervention combining distinct categories of treatment.
no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — The intervention involves a single-type virtual reality intervention with multiple sessions, which does not combine different categories such as psychological, educational, or pharmacological components.
OK
intervention_acp no no no OK
intervention_music no no no OK
intervention_screening no no no OK
intervention_palliative no no no OK
intervention_education no no no OK
intervention_digital yes yes yes OK
intervention_other no no no OK
outcome_symptom yes yes yes OK
outcome_qol no no no OK
outcome_dignity no no no OK
outcome_cost no no no OK
outcome_other yes yes yes OK
pharmacologic_sub N/A N/A N/A OK
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