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UnknownNCT00094133
Hypnosis in Treating Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Survivors
Hypnosis for Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Survivors
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Scott and White Hospital & Clinic · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
RATIONALE: Hypnosis may be effective in decreasing hot flashes in breast cancer survivors. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well hypnosis works in treating hot flashes in breast cancer survivors.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: * Determine the efficacy of hypnosis in controlling hot flashes in women who are breast cancer survivors. * Determine the extent to which hypnotizability is related to the success of the hypnotherapy intervention. OUTLINE: This is a randomized, controlled study. Patients are stratified according to age, gender, race, and educational background. All patients complete a Hot Flash Daily Diary to record frequency and severity of hot flashes for 1 week. Patients are then randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. * Arm I (hypnotherapy): Patients undergo hypnotherapy once a week for 5 weeks. Patients complete the Hot Flash-Related Daily Interference Scale, the Hospital Depression and Anxiety Sub-scale, the CES Depression Scale, and the MOS-Sleep and Sexual Function Scales in week 5 after the last hypnotherapy intervention. Patients also complete another Hot Flash Daily Diary for 1 week in week 6 and are administered the Stanford Hypnotic Clinical Scale in week 7. * Arm II (control): Patients receive no contact for 4 weeks. Patients complete the questionnaires as in arm I in week 5. Patients also complete another Hot Flash Daily Diary for 1 week in week 6 and are administered the Stanford Hypnotic Clinical Scale in week 7. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients will be accrued for this study.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | hot flashes attenuation | |
| PROCEDURE | hypnotherapy |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2006-04-01
- First posted
- 2004-10-15
- Last updated
- 2013-09-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00094133. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.