NCT02637297

Hypnotherapy in Treating Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors

Hypnosis for Pain Management With Cancer Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This randomized pilot clinical trial studies hypnotherapy in treating chronic pain in cancer survivors. Hypnotherapy is a state of concentration and focused attention which can provide more control over the experience of acute and chronic pain and its impact and may provide comfort, maximize function, and improve quality of life in cancer survivors.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To test the feasibility (recruitment, attrition, adherence, logistical issues) of delivering the hypnosis (hypnotherapy) intervention to cancer survivors with chronic pain. II. To evaluate the acceptability of the hypnosis intervention among cancer survivors with chronic pain. III. To explore preliminary efficacy (estimate effect size) of hypnosis in relieving pain and improving associated anxiety and functional performance at 4 weeks and 8 weeks compared to a wait-list control. OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 groups. IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION GROUP: Participants undergo hypnotherapy session over 20-30 minutes using a standardized script for pain reduction that contains post-hypnotic suggestions for permanence of hypnotherapy benefits. The hypnotherapy session is recorded and the participant listens to the recording daily for 4 weeks. WAIT-LIST CONTROL GROUP: At week 5, participants undergo hypnotherapy session over 20-30 minutes using a standardized script for pain reduction that contains post-hypnotic suggestions for permanence of hypnotherapy benefits. The hypnotherapy session is recorded and the participant listens to the recording daily for 4 weeks.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Cancer Survivor
• Chronic Pain
• Depression
• Sleep Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Hypnotherapy	Undergo hypnotherapy
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Ancillary studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-08
• Primary completion: 2017-02-09
• Completion: 2017-08-03
• First posted: 2015-12-22
• Last updated: 2017-08-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States