Clinical Trial: Feasibility of Integrating Olfactory Cues Into Virtual Reality Cue Exposure for Patients With Alcohol Dependence

U.S., Feb. 6 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07388693) titled 'Feasibility of Integrating Olfactory Cues Into Virtual Reality Cue Exposure for Patients With Alcohol Dependence' on Jan. 20.

Brief Summary: Alcohol dependence (AD) is a prevalent and burdensome clinical condition with high relapse rates. A central risk factor for relapse is craving for alcohol, which can be evoked by both real-world and virtual cues in immersive Virtual Reality (VR). In addition to visual and auditory stimuli, olfactory cues are increasingly recognized as important for creating realistic, multisensory VR environments. However, no systematic investigation has yet examined how olfactory cues embedded in VR-based Cue E...