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RecruitingNCT07209228Updated Aug 17, 2026

Haptics in Virtual Reality

An interventional study of Haptic-Integrated Interactive Virtual Reality Experience and Traditional Virtual Reality Experience (Hand Controllers) in Literacy, Literacy-language Intervention and Haptics, sponsored by University of Miami. Recruiting at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 6 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-17.

Sponsored by University of Miami · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
6 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of non-invasive wearable haptic feedback, in supporting literacy-focused Virtual Reality (VR) learning environments. The haptic feedback will be delivered through haptic gloves with integrated vibration monitors and finger tracking. The primary objective is to examine how multisensory engagement, specifically the addition of haptic cues, influences learning outcomes such as phonetic recognition, spelling, and reading skills in early learners.

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Conditions studied

  • Literacy
  • Literacy-language Intervention
  • Haptics

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Keywords

  • Virtual Reality
  • Literacy
  • Haptics
  • Education
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In context

Literacy

201 studies on the registry are indexed under Literacy; 69 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 60 is below the median of 124 across 170 interventional studies indexed under Literacy.

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Lead sponsor

University of Miami is the lead sponsor of 840 studies on the registry; 164 are open to participants now.

Of its 115 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 97 (84%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Students from elementary to higher education;
  • Students aged 6 years old and up.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Students with significant uncorrected vision;
  • Students with significant hearing impairments;
  • Students with severe cognitive conditions;
  • Students with significant neurological conditions;
  • Students with significant motor conditions that would prevent safe participation in a VR-based learning activity.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Haptics-integrated Interactive Virtual Reality

    Participants in this group will receive haptic feedback delivered through haptic gloves with integrated vibration monitors and finger tracking. Each session will last up to 10 minutes, and participants will go through up to 5 sessions

    Behavioral: Haptic-Integrated Interactive Virtual Reality Experience

  • Active comparator
    Control Arm

    Participants in this group will receive the Virtual Reality (VR) delivered through controllers with vibration-based feedback paired with visual and auditory cues, with hand movements. Each session will last up to 10 minutes, and participants will go through up to 5 sessions.

    Behavioral: Traditional Virtual Reality Experience (Hand Controllers)

Interventions

  • BehavioralHaptic-Integrated Interactive Virtual Reality Experience

    Participants will use haptic gloves to interact with the virtual reality experience

  • BehavioralTraditional Virtual Reality Experience (Hand Controllers)

    Participants will use traditional hand controllers to interact with the virtual reality experience

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Literacy Task Performance

    Participants' accuracy and completion rates on in-game literacy tasks (e.g., letter recognition, phonetic matching, spelling) recorded during the final session of the intervention. Performance data is automatically logged by the VR platform.

    Time frame: Immediately after the intervention session

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Study locations

1 of 2 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Dec 2026; primary completion for Dec 2028, 24 months later.

Of 115 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Literacy, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 20. This study's planned 24 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 117 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 19.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 30, 2025
First posted
Oct 6, 2025
StartEst.
Dec 1, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Dec 23, 2028
CompletionEst.
Dec 28, 2028
Last update
Aug 17, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 17, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07209228
Lead sponsor
University of Miami
Responsible party
Anna Queiroz (Associate Professor, University of Miami) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 6, 2025
Start date
Dec 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 23, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 28, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 17, 2026

Study contacts

Anna Queiroz, Ph.D.
Contact
aqueiroz@miami.edu
305-284-3752
Anna Queiroz, Ph.D.
principal investigator · University of Miami

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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