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Trial reportBMC cancer2018

Randomized controlled trial of an 8-week intervention combining self-care and hypnosis for post-treatment cancer patients: study protocol.

Charlotte Grégoire, Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Vanessa Charland-Verville, Guy Jerusalem, Isabelle Bragard

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03144154 (Impact of an Intervention Combining Self-care and Hypnosis on the Well-being of Cancer Patients and Their Partners), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Impact of an Intervention Combining Self-care and Hypnosis on the Well-being of Cancer Patients and Their Partners

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of LiegeRan2017 to 2020Enrolled104ConditionsNon-Metastatic NeoplasmArmsSelf-hypnosis + Self-care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charlotte GrégoirePublic Health Department and Sensation and Perception Research Group, GIGA-Consciousness, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. ch.gregoire@ulg.ac.be.
Marie-Elisabeth FaymonvilleAlgology-Palliative Care Department, CHU Liège, and Sensation and Perception Research Group, GIGA-Consciousness, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Audrey VanhaudenhuyseAlgology-Palliative Care Department, CHU Liège, and Sensation and Perception Research Group, GIGA-Consciousness, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Vanessa Charland-VervilleGIGA-Consciousness, Coma Science Group & Neurology Department, University and CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Guy JerusalemMedical Oncology Department, CHU Liège and University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Isabelle BragardPublic Health Department and Sensation and Perception Research Group, GIGA-Consciousness, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
University of Liège · BE

Funding

Fondation Roi Baudouin 2016-J5120580-205427Plan National Cancer of Belgium 138
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer has a lot of consequences on patients' quality of life (such as cancer-related fatigue (CRF), sleep difficulties and emotional distress) and on patients' partners and their relationship, such as distress and communication difficulties. These consequences are undertreated, and interventions based on hypnosis often focus on breast cancer patients only. This paper describes the study protocol of a longitudinal randomized controlled trial aiming to assess the efficacy of an 8-week intervention combining hypnosis and self-care to improve cancer patients' CRF, sleep and emotional distress and to indirectly improve their partners' distress.

methodsA power analysis required a total sample of 88 patients. To test the efficacy of the intervention, results of the experimental group receiving the intervention will be compared to those of the control group. Data will be collected by questionnaires, relaxation tasks, an attentional bias task, and everyday life assessments measured at four different times: 1.) before inclusion in the study (baseline); 2.) after the intervention; and 3.) at 4- and 12-month follow-up. Partners' symptoms will also be evaluated with questionnaires at the same measurement times. DISCUSSION: There is a growing interest in alternative approaches (such as hypnosis) in addition to standard therapies in oncology settings. The results of this study should be useful for improving knowledge about long-term efficacy of hypnosis-based group interventions for CRF, sleep and distress among all types of cancer patients and their partners, and to better understand the mechanisms of emotional regulation in cancer patients through the attentional bias task.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03144154). Retrospectively registered on the 1st of May, 2017.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic ProtocolsHypnosisNeoplasmsQuality of LifeSelf CareAdultBelgiumFatigueHumansResearch DesignSleepStress, PsychologicalSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultEmotional distressFatigueGroup interventionHypnosisOncology

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PMID30442120
PMCPMC6238378
OpenAlexW2901686673

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