Immersive Virtual Reality in Simulation-based Bronchoscopy Training

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Virtual Reality; Medical Education
• Interventions: Other: Immersive Virtual Reality

• Registration Number: NCT05078762
• Lead Sponsor: Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Brief Summary

The purpose of this single-center randomized study is to investigate whether bronchoscopy training in an immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) environment will make the surgeon better at handling distractions and increase the quality of the bronchoscopy.

The participants will be stratified according to gender and randomized into two groups. Both groups will initially train on the bronchoscopy simulator without VR. Afterwards the intervention group will train in an iVR environment with Virtual Reality Goggles while using the bronchoscopy simulator, while the control group will train without VR goggles.

Afterwards both groups will be tested in the iVR environment in a test scenario

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-22
• Study Start: 2021-10-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-05
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-14
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-30
• Study Completion: 2022-02-28
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-07
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

• Residents working in Denmark in thoracic surgery and pulmonary medicine
• Participants are required to have a medical license.

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous participation in trials involving bronchoscopy training.
• Experience with independent bronchoscopy.
• No informed consent.
• Unable to speak Danish on a conversational level.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
iVR	Immersive Virtual Reality	The intervention group will train on a bronchoscopy simulator in an iVR environment with Virtual Reality Goggles (HTC IVE Pro Eye, HTC corporation, Taiwan) while using the bronchoscopy simulator.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Procedure time	From beginning to end of each procedure, aprox. 30 minutes	Time (seconds) from passing the vocal cords to retraction of the endoscope.
Structured Progress	From beginning to end of each procedure, aprox. 30 minutes	The systematic visualization and structured passage through the bronchial tree measured in points (0-18 points)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Motor Bronchoscopy Skill Score	From beginning to end of each procedure, aprox. 30 minutes	Objective and automatic composite score based on lower arm movement, measured with an Inertial Measurement Unit, and electromyography findings of hand and finger movement
Heart Rate Variability(LF/HF ratio)	From beginning to end of each procedure, aprox. 30 minutes	The fraction between the low frequency and high frequency heart rate, measured as R-R intervals on an electrocardiogram for five minutes (17) Kubios HRV version 2.216 (Biosignal Analysis and Medical Group, Kuopio, Finland)
Diagnostic completeness	From beginning to end of each procedure, aprox. 30 minutes	The fraction in percent (%) of visited bronchial segments
Eye movement measurements	From beginning to end of each procedure, aprox. 30 minutes	Pupillary dilation (mm)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation; 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark