Clinical trial · Interventional
Study of the Impact of Non-pharmacological Techniques on Cognitive Complaints in Cancer Patients
Study of the Impact of Non-pharmacological Techniques (Self-hypnosis/Self-care) on the Well-being, Cognitive Complaints and Return-to-work in Cancer Patients
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Problems with recruitment
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Cancer diagnosis generates a number of physical (pain, nausea and fatigue) and psychological implications for the patient. At the psychological level, there are high levels of emotional distress (anxiety and depression) and cognitive impairments such as memory, attentional and information processing deficits, that can undermine the quality of life. This last decade has shown great progress in cancer treatment allowing cancer patients, many of whom are of working age, to survive. Unfortunately, cancer diagnosis and treatment induce various symptoms necessitating the patient to interrupt or quit his occupational status. Hypnosis has been used in the past few years to treat these psychological and physical symptoms, be it at the moment of diagnosis, during and/or after the cancer treatments. A large amount of studies has shown a positive effect of hypnosis in cancer patients notably upon anxiety, emotional distress and fatigue, three factors that can negatively affect cognitive functions. The purpose of our study is to investigate the effect of a non-pharmacological treatment that combines self-hypnosis and self-care on well-being, cognitive complaints and return-to- work within a population of cancer patients. Our hypothesis is that, by reducing emotional distress and fatigue, self-hypnosis/self-care will reduce the cognitive difficulties of cancer patients, foster return-to-work, and eventually improve the patients' global quality of life.
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
- description
- Self-hypnosis/self-care intervention : It is an 8-week 2 hour-session (one session per week) of self-hypnosis/ self-care learning. Participants are given strategies to learn self-care (knowing your own needs, self-respect, communication, etc.), each strategie is discussed for participant to understand them and thus applie them correctly in daily living. An hypnosis exercice is also realised at the end of each session.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Self-hypnosis/self-care
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
- description
- The control goup has usual care and no intervention.
Primary outcomes (12)
- measure
- Change in subjective cognitive difficulties : Perceived cognitive impairments
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Major * Fluency in French * End of surgery and/or chimiotherapy and/or radiotherapy : 1-12 months. * Cognitive complaints Exclusion Criteria: * Brain cancer * Metastatic cancer * Psychiatric disorder * Neurologic disorder * Neuropsychological assessment made within 3 months * Drug addiction * Alcoholism
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