Clinical trial · Interventional
Benefits of an Intervention Combining Hypnosis and Self-care for Prostate Cancer Patients
NCT03423927CI-TRIAL-00031555completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
This study aims to assess the impact of a group intervention combining self-hypnosis and self-care techniques on prostate patients' well-being. More specifically, the investigators want to investigate the effects of that intervention on sleep, fatigue and emotional distress of the patients.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hypnosis + Self-care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention group : hypnosis + self-care
- description
- Groupal intervention combining self-care techniques and self-hypnosis exercises
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Self-hypnosis + Self-care
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group : no intervention
- description
- Control group receiving usual care but not the intervention
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Change in Fatigue
- timeFrame
- T0 (before the intervention) and T1 (after the intervention : 6 months later).
- description
- A sense of tiredness or exhaustion linked with cancer and its treatments, that is not alleviated by sleep. Measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer - Quality of Life Core Questionnaire-30 (EORTC-QLCQ30). One symptom-related scale (fatigue, score based on 3 items, varies from 0 to 100, 100 being the worst fatigue endured) and the global health status (2 items, score varies from 0 to 100, 100 being the best quality of life) are used in this study.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 18-years-old, * ability to read, write and speak French * prostate cancer diagnosis * treatment with surgery and/or radiotherapy. Exclusion Criteria: * metastases * cancer recurrence at the moment of inclusion * major cognitive or psychiatric disorder.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDGregoire C, Nicolas H, Bragard I, Delevallez F, Merckaert I, Razavi D, Waltregny D, Faymonville ME, Vanhaudenhuyse A. Efficacy of a hypnosis-based intervention to improve well-being during cancer: a comparison between prostate and breast cancer patients. BMC Cancer. 2018 Jun 22;18(1):677. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4607-z. PMID 29929493