Clinical trial · Interventional
Impact of an Intervention Combining Self-care and Hypnosis on the Well-being of Cancer Patients and Their Partners
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Hypnosis-based interventions are starting to be tested in order to improve emotional distress and fatigue of cancer patients. However, most of these studies only include breast cancer patients and do no measure long-term effects of such interventions. Our randomized controlled trial aims to propose to 116 post-treatment cancer patients (all tumour localisations accepted) an 8-week groupal intervention combining hypnosis and self-care techniques. Primary outcomes (emotion regulation, emotional distress, fatigue) and secondary outcomes (sleep difficulties, fear of recurrence, attentional bias, conjugal communication) will be investigated at 3 measurement times: before the intervention (T1), 3 months later (T2 - right after the intervention of the experimental group, and right before the intervention of the control group) and again 3 months later (T3 - after the intervention of the control group). Some questionnaires, two relaxation tasks, an attentional task, an actigraph and a smartphone application will be used to collect data. The indirect impact of the intervention on participants' partners will also be measured by questionnaires (emotional distress, conjugal communication). Data collection has started on March 2017. Our results should bring new knowledge about the efficacy of an hypnosis-based intervention to improve fatigue and well-being in cancer patients, which are often under-diagnosed and under-treated, but also about the indirect efficacy to improve partners' well-being. Those results might contribute to spread this kind of inexpensive intervention in oncology settings.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Metastatic Neoplasm | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hypnosis + Self-care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experimental group : Hypnosis-based intervention
- description
- Groupal intervention combining self-care techniques and self-hypnosis exercises
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Self-hypnosis + Self-care
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group : Usual care
- description
- Control group receiving usual care but not the intervention
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Change in Cancer-Related Fatigue
- timeFrame
- T1 (before the intervention), T2 (right after the intervention), T3 (3.5 months follow-up)
- description
- A sense of tiredness or exhaustion linked with cancer and its treatments, that is not alleviated by sleep. It will be measured with the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI).
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion criteria are: 1. age 18 years or older; 2. Fluency in French; 3. Having received a diagnosis of non-metastatic cancer (all tumour localisations accepted). 4. Having completed all active treatments for no more than a year (surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy). 5. Not being in relapse at the time of inclusion 6. Exhibiting some difficulties as established by responses of at least 4 out of 10 on 1 of the 6 chosen items of the Edmonton Symptom Evaluation Scale (Chang, Hwang, \& Feuerman, 2000): physical fatigue, moral fatigue, depression, anxiety, fear of recurrence or ruminations). 7. Wishing to receive help in order to improve the difficulties identified. Exclusion Criteria: Psychiatric disorders, such as dementia, psychosis or delirium, that do not allow to participate in a group intervention or to complete the evaluations
References
Publications (6)
- DERIVEDBaussard L, Ernst M, Diep A, Jerusalem G, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Marie N, Bragard I, Faymonville ME, Gosseries O, Gregoire C. Network Analyses Applied to the Dimensions of Cancer-Related Fatigue in Women With Breast Cancer. Cancer Med. 2024 Oct;13(19):e70268. doi: 10.1002/cam4.70268. PMID 39387227
- DERIVEDGregoire C, Faymonville ME, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Jerusalem G, Monseur J, Bragard I. A Group Intervention Combining Self-Hypnosis and Self-Care in Oncology: Implementation in Daily Life and Perceived Usefulness. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2023 Oct-Dec;71(4):313-337. doi: 10.1080/00207144.2023.2249044. Epub 2023 Sep 8. PMID 37682079
- DERIVEDGregoire C, Faymonville ME, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Jerusalem G, Willems S, Bragard I. Randomized, Controlled Trial of an Intervention Combining Self-Care and Self-Hypnosis on Fatigue, Sleep, and Emotional Distress in Posttreatment Cancer Patients: 1-Year Follow-Up. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2022 Apr-Jun;70(2):136-155. doi: 10.1080/00207144.2022.2049973. Epub 2022 Mar 28. PMID 35344461
- DERIVEDGregoire C, Faymonville ME, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Jerusalem G, Willems S, Bragard I. Randomized controlled trial of a group intervention combining self-hypnosis and self-care: secondary results on self-esteem, emotional distress and regulation, and mindfulness in post-treatment cancer patients. Qual Life Res. 2021 Feb;30(2):425-436. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02655-7. Epub 2020 Oct 6. PMID 33025372
- DERIVEDGregoire C, Faymonville ME, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Charland-Verville V, Jerusalem G, Willems S, Bragard I. Effects of an intervention combining self-care and self-hypnosis on fatigue and associated symptoms in post-treatment cancer patients: A randomized-controlled trial. Psychooncology. 2020 Jul;29(7):1165-1173. doi: 10.1002/pon.5395. Epub 2020 Apr 24. PMID 32297396
- DERIVEDGregoire C, Faymonville ME, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Charland-Verville V, Jerusalem G, Bragard I. Randomized controlled trial of an 8-week intervention combining self-care and hypnosis for post-treatment cancer patients: study protocol. BMC Cancer. 2018 Nov 15;18(1):1113. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-5046-6.