Clinical Hypnosis Before External Cephalic Version (ECV)

Clinical Hypnosis Versus Neuro-linguistic Programming Before External Cephalic Version (ECV) - a Prospective Off-centre Randomised Controlled Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01564004

Enrollment

716

Registered

2012-03-27

Start date

2011-02-28

Completion date

2014-09-30

Last updated

2012-03-27

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Conditions

Breech Presentation at Term

Keywords

breech presentation at term, pregnancy, external cephalic version (ECV), clinical hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)

Brief summary

Does clinical hypnosis or neuro-linguistic programming improve the success rate of external cephalic version?

Detailed description

Prospective off-center randomisation of clinical hypnosis or neuro-linguistic programming intervention prior to a external cephalic version treatment.

Interventions

OTHERClinical hypnosis or neuro-linguistic programming

20 minutes tape recording intervention

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* singleton * breech presentation * gestation age above 36 weeks + 6 days

Exclusion criteria

* multiples * cannot understand German language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Successful ECV	3 hours after ECV treatment	Rate of cephalic presentation three hours after external cephalic version.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Questionnaire	before and 30 minutes after ECV

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026