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Virtually Augmented Self Hypnosis in Peripheral Vascular Interventions

Virtually Augmented Self Hypnosis: Randomized Controlled Trial in Peripheral Vascular Interventions

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04561596
Enrollment
100
Registered
2020-09-23
Start date
2020-09-23
Completion date
2022-08-31
Last updated
2022-09-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Postoperative, Pain, Postoperative, Vascular Access Site Pain

Keywords

Anxiety, Pain, Virtual reality, Virtual reality autohypnosis, Hypnosis, Non-pharmacological approaches

Brief summary

The aim of our study is to compare patients anxiety and pain during percutaneous vascular interventions with and without virtual reality autohypnosis.

Detailed description

The participants in the control group will be treated under local anesthesia, following the usual care protocols. The participants in the experimental group will be treated under the same conditions, except that they will experience virtual reality autohypnosis during the intervention.

Interventions

DEVICEOnComfort autohypnosis

Participant arrive in our day care clinic and is prepared as any other patient in interventional radiology. The investigator will collect the signed informed consent form and proceed to randomization. The participant will then fill the pre and post-operative anxiety and pain questionnaire. The percutaneous vascular procedure will be performed as usual except for the virtual reality mask and autohypnosis software that will run during the whole intervention. Pain and anxiolytic medication are provided if needed during the intervention. Immediately after the intervention, the participant will fill the post-operative anxiety and pain questionnaire. The participant will be instructed to report anxiety and pain felt during the intervention. A clinical visit at 3 month is conducted as part of the standard clinical protocol. The participant will fill a 3rd questionnaire about the remembered anxiety and pain during the intervention.

OTHERTreatment as usual, without the OnComfort autohypnosis system

The Participant arrive in our day care clinic and is prepared as any other patient in interventional radiology. The investigator will collect the signed informed consent form and proceed to randomization. The participant will then fill the pre and post-operative anxiety and pain questionnaire. The percutaneous vascular procedure will be performed as usual. Pain and anxiolytic medication are provided if needed during the intervention. Immediately after the intervention, the participant will fill the post-operative anxiety and pain questionnaire. The participant will be instructed to report anxiety and pain felt during the intervention. A clinical visit at 3 month is conducted as part of the standard clinical protocol. The participant will fill a 3rd questionnaire about the remembered anxiety and pain during the intervention.

Sponsors

Salah D. Qanadli, MD, PhD
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Informed consent as documented by signature * \> 18 years * Any indication for a percutaneous vascular interventional with a single vascular access (angiography, phlebography, arterial intervention, venous intervention) planned to be done under local anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

* No French language comprehension, deaf or visually impaired patient * Inability to sign informed consent * Need of sedative medication * History of motion sickness * History of psychiatric disease such as paranoia, schizophrenia, deep water phobia and dementia * Patient does not tolerate the virtual reality mask during the pre operative visit at Day 1

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Per procedural anxiety.Day 1 (Immediately after the peripheral vascular intervention)Per procedural anxiety, measured by the Spielberger Anxiety State Inventory in French (Gauthier and Bouchard, 1993). The Spielberger Anxiety State Inventory is a self questionnaire of 20 items, each item scores from 1 to 4. The result of the test is the sum of the 20 items, therefore the result ranges from 20 to 80. A high score is related to a high level of anxiety at the moment of the test.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Per procedural pain.Day 1 (Immediately after the peripheral vascular intervention)Per procedural pain, measured by the visual analog pain scale. The visual analog pain scale rates pain from 0 to 10, 0 being the least pain imaginable and 10 the maximal pain imaginable.
Remembered per procedural anxiety.3 monthsRemembered per procedural anxiety measured by the Spielberg Anxiety State Inventory in French (Gauthier and Bouchard, 1993). The Spielberger Anxiety State Inventory is a self questionnaire of 20 items, each item scores from 1 to 4. The result of the test is the sum of the 20 items, therefore the result ranges from 20 to 80. A high score is related to a high level of anxiety at the moment of the test.
Remembered per procedural pain.3 monthsRemembered per procedural pain will be measured by the visual analog pain scale. The visual analog pain scale rates pain from 0 to 10, 0 being the least pain imaginable and 10 the maximal pain imaginable.
Adverse eventsDay 1Device deficiencies
Serious adverse eventsDay 90Amputation, mesenteric or renal ischemia, and death

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 13, 2026