Clinical trial · Interventional
Effects of Music or Hypnotherapy on Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy
Effects of Music or Hypnotherapy on Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy - A Prospective Off-centre Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial
NCT03740984CI-TRIAL-00055087F-ChemterminatedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Funding withdrawn from sponsor.
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Chemotherapies often induce side effects. This study examines whether hypnosis, music therapy versus standard therapy influence these side effects.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Neoplasm | Breast Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Ovary Cancer | Ovarian Neoplasm | PROBABILISTIC | 0.70 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions are self controlled by the patient via a mp3 player and noise reduction headphones. | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Hypnosis / Hypnotherapy
- description
- Hypnosis intervention has been created by a certified hypnosis therapist (Prof. Reinhard) has been audio-recorded. The hypnosis intervention is based on the patient's happy place as well as many other interventions which all focus on support and wellbeing (total recording time ca. 4 ½ hours). All patients are advice to start with the beginning, however during the course of chemotherapy they are allowed to skip mp3 files, if they prefer to listen to a new intervention.
- interventionNames
- Other: Interventions are self controlled by the patient via a mp3 player and noise reduction headphones.
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Music therapy
- description
- For the music therapy the following music recordings have been used. All patients were allowed to skip tracks if they did not like to listen to that particular track. Purple Waves - Berlin Symphonic Film orchestra / Christopher Franke - Pacific Coast Highway Black Garden View - Berlin Symphonic Film orchestra / Christopher Franke - Pacific Coast Highway Sunset Destination - Berlin Symphonic Film orchestra / Christopher Franke - Pacific Coast Highway Crystal Tree - Berlin Symphonic Film orchestra / Christopher Franke - Pacific Coast Highway Best nature sounds / Ocean Volume 2 - Best Relaxation Music - Deep Sleep Top 10 Serse: Aria "Ombra mai Fu" - Andreas Scholl, Akademie für Alte music Berlin - Händel Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude (Studio) - Eduard Stan - Piano Recital Mozart: Concerto pour violon no 4 en re majeur, KV (Köchel listing) 218 - Christian Ferras; Pietro Argento; Orchestra Scarlatti di Nap - La fete a Stradivarius ... etc.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * no previous chemotherapy * compliance of the patient to fill out questionnaires * informed consent and signed forms * histologic secured breast cancer or ovary cancer (residual tumor after surgery equal or less than 0,5 cm) * One of following chemotherapy regime: 4x Epirubicin / Cyclophosphamid, 12x paclitaxel oder 6x Carboplatin / Docetaxel / Perjeta/ Herceptin oder 6x Doxorubicin, docetaxel, Cyclophosphamid oder 6 x Carboplatin / paclitaxel + / - Avastin oder 4x Epirubicin / Cyclophosphamid -\> 12x paclitaxel /herceptin/ perjeta oder 4x Epirubicin / Cyclophosphamid q21-\>12xcarboplatin, paclitaxel 4 Epirubicin / Cyclophosphamid q14-\> 12 carboplatin, paclitaxel Exclusion Criteria: * does not understand the German language * psychosis * not able to sign consent form
References
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