NCT04266886Active, not recruiting
Self-Hypnosis for the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Patients With Gynecologic Cancer
Integration of Self-Hypnosis in an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program: A Prospective Randomized Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This trial studies how well self-hypnosis works in enhancing recovery after surgery in patients with gynecologic cancer. A guided relaxation method called self-hypnosis may help affect how patients feel pain and symptoms after surgery.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 152 (actual)
- First submitted
- 30 Dec 2019
- Start date
- 11 Sept 2018
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Cervical cancer
- NCT number
- NCT04266886
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 152
- From 11 Sept 2018 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Patients on long-acting opioid medications, or scheduled (four or more times a day for seven or more days) short-acting opioid medications within the last 30 days
- Emergency surgery of any type that does not allow for proper time for protocol review by the patient
- Surgery that involves known/anticipated resection of anterior abdominal wall with plastic surgery reconstruction
Other illness
- Patients with known major psychiatric disease
- Patients with hearing impairment such that they are unable to hear the intervention
Other
- Sensitivity to amide-type local anesthetics
- Patients undergoing known/anticipated anterior abdominal wall hernia repairs
- Patients undergoing pelvic exenteration
Who the study is looking for
- Undergoing an exploratory laparotomy for suspected gynecologic cancer, which includes metastatic disease from neoplasia originating in other organs
- Planned participation in the Gynecologic Enhanced Recovery Pathway
- Patient must be able to read, understand, and speak English
- Consents to being part of a randomized study
- Patient has physical and mental capabilities to take part in study
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
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