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Hypnosis in Virtual Reality in Patients in Protector Isolation Room for Aplasia in Clinical Hematology.

Hypnosis in Virtual Reality in Patients in Protector Isolation Room for Aplasia in Clinical Hematology. Monocentric, Comparative, Randomized, Open Study.

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04794608
Acronym
Hyp_Hem
Enrollment
60
Registered
2021-03-12
Start date
2021-06-17
Completion date
2024-02-28
Last updated
2025-02-06

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

Conditions

Aplasia

Keywords

Aplasia, Anxiety, Hypnosis, Virtual reality, Protector isolation

Brief summary

Hematology patients are frequently treated in hospital for aplasia. Patients are then placed in protective isolation room. This situation of protective isolation can represent a significant source of stress and anxiety for the patient. Hypnosis is already used to treat anxiety in patients with cancer. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of virtual reality medical hypnosis sessions on anxiety and chronic pain of patients hospitalized for aplasia in order to broaden the supportive care proposals in the clinical hematology service of Sévigné Private Hospital.

Detailed description

After verifying the patient's eligibility criteria and obtaining the signed informed consent form, the patient is randomized to the arm receiving hypnosis in virtual reality or to the control arm. The study ends after three consecutive days in protector isolation with one session hypnosis in virtual reality per day.

Interventions

The HYPNO VR® device is a software application of medical hypnosis in the treatment of pain and anxiety. It is associated with equipment: a virtual reality headset and a headphone. Before each session of hypnosis, the nursing staff offers patients the choices: visual universe, musical theme, male or female voice. The nursing staff selects the program, selects a duration of 20 minutes and presses start to start the medical hypnosis session in virtual reality. After completing the hypnotic trance sequence, as in a classic session, the patient is brought back to the return and exit hypnosis phase under the supervision of the nursing staff.

Sponsors

Hôpital Privé Sévigné
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patient aged ≥ 18 years. * Haematological pathology * Patient hospitalized in protective isolation for aplasia defined by a rate of polymorphonuclear neutrophils \<0.5 G / L. * Patient having signed his informed consent. * Patient with social security coverage. * Patient treated and monitored in the center for the duration of the study (maximum 1 month)

Exclusion criteria

* Patient unable to undergo protocol monitoring for psychological, social, family or geographic reasons. * Patient deprived of his liberty or under guardianship. * Patient with an underlying or concomitant pathology incompatible with inclusion in the trial, whether psychiatric or somatic * Patient with a contraindication to the use of virtual reality (psychiatric disorders, unbalanced epilepsy, visual or hearing disorders).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Compare the change in anxiety in the HYPNOVR group versus the change in anxiety in the selected activity control group.For up to 3 days, every days (before and after the virtual reality hypnosis sessions), starting on day of inclusion.Comparison of the change in the anxiety state by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) - State score before (15 minutes) and after (15 minutes) each virtual reality hypnosis session for 3 consecutive days (ie six questionnaires) to the change in the anxiety state in patients in the control group (STAI-State score evaluated 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after the patient was offered an activity of his choice). The score is a quantitative variable with values ranging from 20 to 80. The higher the score is, the more important the anxiety is.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Test the hypothesis that medical hypnosis in virtual reality is accompagnied by a variation of the chronic pain (in comparision with a control group).For up to 3 days, every days (before and after the virtual reality hypnosis sessions), starting on day of inclusion.Comparison of the change in chronic pain before and after each hypnosis session for the Hypno VR group, for 3 consecutive days, i.e. six assessments, in comparison with change in chronic pain in patients in the control group (also six assessments). The scale used is the visual analogical scale of pain which comes in the form of a ruler on which a cursor can be moved from end to end (from no pain to maximum imaginable pain). The rear face of the ruler, intended for the evaluator, has a graduation from 0 to 100 mm. The higher the score is, the more important the pain is.
Test the hypothesis that medical hypnosis in virtual reality is accompanied by a modification in the consumption of analgesic treatments (in comparision with a control group).For up to 3 days, every days (record before the virtual reality hypnosis sessions), starting on day of inclusion.Comparison of the proportion of analgesic treatments consumption (posology stopped, added or changed) for each day of the study between the two arms.
Test the hypothesis that medical hypnosis in virtual reality is accompanied by a modification in the consumption of anxiolytics treatments (in comparision with a control group).For up to 3 days, every days (record before the virtual reality hypnosis sessions), starting on day of inclusion.Comparison of the proportion of anxiolytics treatments consumption (posology stopped, added or changed) for each day of the study between the two arms.
Test the hypothesis that medical hypnosis in virtual reality is accompagnied by a good patient satisfaction regarding the use of the virtual reality headset.For up to 3 days, every days (record after the virtual reality hypnosis sessions), starting on day of inclusion.Assessment of the overall satisfaction of the patient in the HYPNO VR group by the satisfaction questionnaire (ie a questionnaire after each hypnosis session for 3 consecutive days). A level of satisfaction (on a 11-point scale from 0 to 10) of the patient will be measure for the state of relaxation, security, understanding, overall satisfaction.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 26, 2026