NCT06050083

Digital Clinical Hypnosis for Chronic Pain Management

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This ClinicalTrials.gov posting contains two randomized controlled trials. The study procedures were identical, except Study 1 was funded by NIH and enrolled adults with chronic low back pain, whereas Study 2 was funded by the UW Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and enrolled adults with any type of chronic pain. Study 1 and 2 each enrolled 50 adults (N = 100 total across the two studies). Although Study 2 did not use NIH funds, we are including the results here because the studies were conducted simultaneously by the same PI (Dr. Jensen) with the same study procedures. Participants enrolled in the studies for a duration of 8 weeks. The studies test the feasibility and efficacy of a therapeutic hypnosis digital application (website), called Rose. The investigators wanted to determine if the Rose application was user-friendly and effective at improving quality of life and reducing pain for adults with chronic pain. If successfuly, the investigators hope to develop the Rose application into a mobile app that will be publicly available and managed by HypnoScientific Inc., a company that is co-owned by the investigators. Participants completed brief (15-20min) self-report surveys that ask about pain and mental health at three timepoints: Baseline (week 0), 4 weeks, and 8 weeks.

Detailed description

Pain is a major public health problem that affects over 100 million adults in the United States. While pain can have profound negative impacts, current treatment remains inadequate. A focus on opioid treatments has led to over-prescription, harmful side effects, and the overuse crisis. To address this problem, the study investigators, and others, have developed and adapted hypnosis to empower individuals to self-manage pain. Findings from the investigators' research supports hypnosis as an effective non-pharmacological technique. However, a significant limitation of hypnosis treatment is access, given that hypnosis treatment is provided by a very limited number of clinicians with training in its use, as well as the significant costs of in-person treatment. The main goal of this study is to pilot test the efficacy of hypnosis content for pain management as provided via recordings in the Rose web application.

Conditions

• Chronic Low-back Pain
• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Hypnosis audio recordings	A web application (Rose) that contains hypnosis audio recordings created by the investigators.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-04
• Primary completion: 2024-09-15
• Completion: 2024-09-15
• First posted: 2023-09-22
• Last updated: 2026-01-06
• Results posted: 2026-01-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States