Clinical trial · Interventional
Non-pharmacological Treatments for Non-malignant and Malignant Pain
Non-pharmacological Treatments (Self-hypnosis/Self-care and Music-therapy) for Non-malignant and Malignant Pain : a Randomized Study
- 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)
Chronic pain concerns one in four adults in Belgium. Because of the psychological and social repercussions, a biopsychosocial approach is necessary in order to improve the quality of life of people suffering from chronic pain. Non-pharmacological techniques such as hypnosis, self-care learning and music-therapy are gaining more and more interest in the scientific field. Indeed, several studies have shown a reduction in psychological distress and an improvement in global quality of life after having learned self-hypnosis/self-care. Furthermore, other studies focusing on music as a treatment for chronic pain highlight an analgesic effect of music over pain and a reduction of common comorbidities. Nevertheless, only few studies aim at comparing these techniques to each other. The aim of our study would be to compare a 7 months learning program of self-hypnosis/self-care, music-therapy/self-care, motivation to learn self-hypnosis/self-care in order to highlight the most efficient treatment for chronic pain. Furthermore, we will include another type of chronic pain i.e. cancer pain to understand if self-hypnosis/self-care's impact is different in the other type of chronic pain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comparison of Treatment for Chronic Non-malignant and Malignant Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music/self-care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Self-hypnosis/self-care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Self-hypnosis/self-care malignant pain | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Self-hypnosis/self-care motivation | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Self-hypnosis/self-care group
- description
- It is a 7-months 2 hours-session (1 session per month) of self-hypnosis/self-care learning. Participants are given strategies to learn self-care (knowing their needs, self-respect, communication etc.), each strategy is discussed for participant to understand them and thus apply them correctly in daily life. An hypnosis exercise is conducted at the end of each session. A CD with the audiotaped hypnosis exercise is given to each patient so that they can practice also every day.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Self-hypnosis/self-care
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Music/self-care
- description
- It is a 7-months 2 hours-session (1 session per month) of music/self-care learning. Participants are given strategies to learn self-care (knowing their needs, self-respect, communication etc.), each strategy is discussed for participant to understand them and thus apply them correctly in daily life. At the end of each session, patients are invited to listen to a relaxing melody of 15 minutes. This melody was composed by a professional musico-therapist. A CD with the audiotaped melody is given to each patient so that they can practice also every day.
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Major * Fluency in French * Chronic pain diagnosis (malignant and non-malignant) Exclusion Criteria: * Neurologic disorder * Psychiatric disorder * Drug addiction * Alcoholism
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