Recruiting

Hypnoanalgesia

Sponsor:

St. Justine's Hospital

Code:

NCT02421562

Conditions

Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 5 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

training in hypnoanalgesia

Study Details

Brief summary:

Demonstrate that a 4-day training session will allow nurses to master basic hypnoanalgesia techniques, and this new tool will translate into a reduction of procedural distress and pain in their patients, thereby opening the way to larger clinical trials in various pediatric settings.

Conditions

Cancer

Study ID

NCT02421562

Start date

Feb, 2015

Status verified date

Apr, 2015

Completion date

Jun, 2016

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2016

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 5 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • children followed in the hematology-oncology outpatient clinic at least 4 times per year
  • good understanding in French
  • use of topic anesthesia or distraction object allowed, as long as used at all venipuncture measured sessions

Exclusion Criteria:

  • prior use of hypnoanalgesia
  • patients coming for emergency or non-scheduled appointment
  • patients with acute pain on their scheduled appointment to the clinic
  • acute psychiatric disease

Study Design

Enrollment

36 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: training in hypnoanalgesia

training nurses in hypnoanalgesia to perform painful procedure in children

Interventions

training in hypnoanalgesia

training nurses in hypnoanalgesia techniques to perform painful procedures in children followed in the outpatient hematology oncology clinic

Primary outcome measure

  • Practice performance of pediatric nurses after a 4-day training in hypnonalgesia techniques. Practice performance will be evaluated by two external evaluators on videotapes using a standardized scale. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Terry Mizrahi, MD

+1 514 345 4931terry.mizrahi@gmail.com

Michel Duval, MD

+1 514 345 4931michel.duval@umontreal.ca

Locations

Ste-Justine Hospital

Recruiting

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5

Contacts

Terry Mizrahi, MD

+1 514 345 49 31terry.mizrahi@gmail.com

Michel Duval, MD

+1 514 345 49 31michel.duval@umontreal.ca

More Information

Sponsor

St. Justine's Hospital

Last update posted

Apr 20, 2015

Last verified

Apr, 2015

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by St. Justine's Hospital on 2015-04-20.