Tests hypnosis to ease anxiety in people with blood cancer
Tests whether hypnosis lowers anxiety in adults with blood cancer.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Hypnosis: a Path to Appeasement
Key facts
- Where
- Lyon, FranceSee the site
Where in France
- Service MB1 - Hôpital Lyon Sud - HCLLyon, FranceTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
- Trial code
- NCT05942885
- Record updated
- 11 September 2025
- Original description
Hypnosis is a technique allowing the patient to focus his mental attention on a thought or a sensation, with the aim of reducing or modulating the intensity of a negative feeling or an ordeal encountered during the course of treatment. This tool can be used when patients are faced with chronic disorders (pain, anxiety, ...) or iatrogenic effects (nausea, asthenia, ...).Read full original descriptionShow less
Hypnosis: a Path to Appeasement
Hypnosis is a technique allowing the patient to focus his mental attention on a thought or a sensation, with the aim of reducing or modulating the intensity of a negative feeling or an ordeal encountered during the course of treatment. This tool can be used when patients are faced with chronic disorders (pain, anxiety, ...) or iatrogenic effects (nausea, asthenia, ...).
The patient is referred to hypnosis care by the doctor, psychologist or paramedics who follow him, when they detect a need.
Several scientific studies have shown the effectiveness of hypnosis in improving the quality of life of patients with breast cancer and in reducing pain during invasive procedures. On the other hand, in hematology, no research has measured the evolution of anxiety, over time, in patients receiving hypnotherapy.
Inclusion: Patients over 18 years old, fluent in French; Patients starting hypnotherapy for anxiety disorders; Anxiety score on the HADS scale (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) greater than or equal to 8/21; Patients with diffuse large cell B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma, whatever the stage of the disease; Diagnosis announcement less than 2 months old.
Exclusion: Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision; Adults subject to a legal protection measure.