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Interest of Hypnosis in Virtual Reality on Nociception During Oocyte Retrieval in a Medically Assisted Reproduction Procedure

Interest of Hypnosis in Virtual Reality on Nociception During Oocyte Retrieval in a Medically Assisted Reproduction Procedure: a Randomised Controlled Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05567315
Acronym
HypnoPO
Enrollment
182
Registered
2022-10-05
Start date
2022-10-11
Completion date
2023-05-26
Last updated
2023-12-11

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Conditions

Oocyte Retrieval

Brief summary

Study on the effect of the virtual hypnosis mask in addition to local anaesthesia on anxiety and perioperative pain during oocyte puncture

Interventions

Infiltration of 40 to 80 ml of a non-adrenalized 0.5% lidocaine solution into the vaginal wall at the level of the vaginal pouches, under ultrasound guidance. (within the limit of the toxic doses, i.e. 5mg/kg)

DEVICEhypnosis with Virtual reality mask

A 20-minute virtual reality hypnosis session is performed from the time the patient is placed on the surgical table until the end of the oocyte poncture

Sponsors

Clinique Mutualiste la Sagesse
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

The person collecting the endpoints will be blinded to the treatment group

Intervention model description

Single-centre, comparative, randomised, parallel group study

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient having an oocyte puncture as part of a medically assisted procreation procedure * Surgical procedure planned in the operating theatre under local anaesthesia at the Clinique Mutualiste La Sagesse * Patient capable of receiving and understanding information about the study and giving written informed consent. * Affiliated to a social security system

Exclusion criteria

* Patient's refusal to participate in a study * Patient having an oocyte retrieval as part of an oocyte donation * Unbalanced epilepsy. * Hearing and/or visual impairments that contraindicate the use of the virtual reality headset. * Patient with a poor understanding of the French language. * Medical indication to carry out the oocyte puncture under general anaesthesia * Drug allergy or hypersensitivity to PARACETAMOL - IBUPROFEN or NEFOPAM prescribed during the pre-medication. * Patient under legal protection

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI) measurementduring oocyte puncture procedureThe level of pain perceived by the patient during the performance of a painful care procedure will be measured by the ANI index which reflects heart rate variability

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Anxiety with beck anxiety inventory1 hour before intervention and immediately after the interventionMeasurement of anxiety by the Beck Anxiety Inventory, on admission to hospital and on return to the ward, 1 hour after the oocyte puncture
Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ)Immediately after the interventionAssessment of tolerance of virtual reality with SSQ ; SSQ is a scale of cyber sickness from 0 to 48, a higher score mean a worse outcome.
Analog visual scale (AVS)Immediately after the interventionPain evaluation with Analog visual scale by the patient himself from 0 to 10, a higher score mean a worse outcome.
Gynecologist's numerical satisfaction scaleImmediately after the interventionMeasure by a numerical scale out of 10, a higher score mean a better outcome.
Total duration of the procedure of oocyte ponction (min)From the first ponction of local anesthesia to the end of the retrieval of the last oocyteTotal duration of the procedure (min), from the beginning of local anesthesia to the end of the oocyte retrieval
Conversion rate from local anaesthesia to unplanned general anaesthesiaImmediately after the interventionConversion rate in percent
Patient's numerical satisfaction scaleImmediately after the interventionMeasure by a numerical scale out of 10, a higher score mean a better outcome.
Post intervention analgesic therapyImmediately after the interventionIdentify the need for postoperative analgesic treatment in the two groups

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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