Randomized Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Hypnosis in Nuclear Medicine

Launched by CENTRAL HOSPITAL, NANCY, FRANCE · Oct 30, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is exploring the use of hypnosis to help reduce anxiety in patients undergoing nuclear medicine scans, which can take a long time and require patients to stay still. Anxiety can make it difficult for patients to complete these important tests, so the researchers are comparing two methods of delivering hypnosis: one where a trained professional is physically present with the patient and another delivered remotely. The goal is to see if remote hypnosis can effectively help patients feel more relaxed during their scans, similar to the traditional method.

To participate in this study, patients should be between 18 and 80 years old, understand French, and have a higher than normal anxiety level as determined by a specific questionnaire. They should not have taken anxiety medication before their appointment or have certain health conditions that would prevent them from undergoing the scan. Participants can expect to receive hypnosis to help them manage anxiety before their imaging procedure, which may improve their experience and the quality of the examination. This study is an important step in understanding how hypnosis can enhance patient care in nuclear medicine while also considering safety regulations related to radiation exposure.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patient referred for a scan or PET scan
• • Patient with a score \> 11 on the STAI-6 scale.
• • Person, speaking and understanding French
• • Having received complete information on the organization of the research and having signed the informed consent
• • Age ≥ 18 years, and ≤ 80 years.
• • Affiliated with a social security plan.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • People who have taken an anxiolytic treatment before going to nuclear medicine.
• • Persons referred for a neurological examination.
• • People with cognitive or auditory problems, or with a major depressive episode.
• • Persons with cardiac rhythm disorders (cardiac arrhythmias)
• • Persons who cannot perform the examination for which they need a hypnosis session
• • Women of childbearing age who do not have an effective means of contraception
• • Person referred to in articles L. 1121-5, L. 1121-7 and L1121-8 of the public health code (pregnant woman, parturient or nursing mother, adult person subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice, adult person unable to express his consent).
• • Person deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, subject to psychiatric care under articles L. 3212-1 and L. 3213-1