NCT04869553

Analgesic Efficacy of Hypnosis and Virtual Reality in Repetitive Pain Care

Analgesic Efficacy of Hypnosis and Virtual Reality in Repetitive Pain Care : a Controlled, Randomised, Cross-over, Open-label, Multi-centre Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lille Catholic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The originality of this study is the comparison of different distractibility techniques (hypnosis and virtual reality) in the very heterogenous contexts of pain management. This study will consider all types of care situations. The study's cross-over design will take into account this heterogenous context. The results will be representative of real-life situations where care for pain involves a wide range of contexts.

Detailed description

Pain is defined as an unpleasant sensorial and emotional experience related to a potential or existing tissue injury (psychological (affective) and physical dimension of pain). Since it can occur at any stage of care, pain concerns all healthcare teams working in acute care units or follow-up care centers. At the present time, pain management is mainly based on the use of analgesic agents that calm or suppress pain. Different types of analgesic agents are available in the therapeutic armamentarium (non-opioid analgesics and opioid analgesics as morphine). In this context where pain management is a priority and where the use of morphine is constantly on the rise exposing patients to significant risk (adverse effects, addictions, respiratory events….), the use of distractibility techniques as hypnosis and virtual reality could be an attractive alternative. * Hypnosis designates both a therapeutic technique and a modified state of consciousness also called trance (a state where the person is between a state of wakefulness and sleep). * Virtual reality designates a three-dimensional computer-controlled environment allowing immersion, interaction and multisensorial input. Thus, the originality of this study is the comparison of different distractibility techniques in the very heterogenous contexts of pain management. This study will consider all types of care situations. The study's cross-over design will take into account this heterogenous context. The results will be representative of real-life situations where care for pain involves a wide range of contexts.

Conditions

• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Management pain with distraction methods ABC	Every patient will receive : * The usual pain management of their ward (Treatment A), * The usual pain management of their ward with a hypnosis session (Treatment B) * The usual pain management of their ward with a virtual reality session (Treatment C)
OTHER	Management pain with distraction methods BCA	Every patient will receive : * The usual pain management of their ward with a hypnosis session (Treatment B) * The usual pain management of their ward with a virtual reality session (Treatment C) * The usual pain management of their ward (Treatment A)
OTHER	Management pain with distraction methods CAB	Every patient will receive : * The usual pain management of their ward with a virtual reality session (Treatment C) * The usual pain management of their ward (Treatment A) * The usual pain management of their ward with a hypnosis session (Treatment B)

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-07
• Primary completion: 2024-05-24
• Completion: 2024-05-24
• First posted: 2021-05-03
• Last updated: 2025-09-10

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: France