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Energy healing put to the test: can reiki reduce Post-Surgery pain?

NCT ID NCT07722117

Symptom relief Sponsor: Clinique Bizet Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jul 23, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial investigates whether Reiki, a gentle hands-on energy therapy, can help reduce pain and improve recovery in people undergoing lumbar spine surgery. Sixty participants will be randomly assigned to receive either two sessions of real Reiki or a sham (placebo) treatment alongside standard care. Researchers will measure pain levels, painkiller use, scar healing, and quality of life over 30 days to see if Reiki offers any added benefit.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Reiki, a non-pharmacological energy therapy involving gentle hand placements
What this could lead to
If effective, Reiki could offer a drug-free way to ease pain and reduce reliance on painkillers after back surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study, so results may not be definitive. The sham control helps, but Reiki's effects are hard to fully blind, and any benefit could be due to placebo.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 60 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Sep 2025

Expected to finish

Jun 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Subject aged 18 years or older. * Referred for a lumbar surgery. * Absence of participation in another clinical study. * Subject affiliated with a social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme. Exclusion Criteria: * Neuropathic patient * Presence of neuropathic pain * Diagnosis of fibromyalgia * Received therapeutic touch, polarity therapy, or professional massage therapy in the past four weeks * Unable to undergo medical follow-up for the study * Adult subject protected by law, under guardianship or trusteeship

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

ankylosis Intervertebral Disc Displacement scoliosis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Alternative to reduce analgesic dependence Arthrodesis Scoliosis Severe herniated disc The lumbar spine surgical intervention The positive effect of energy therapy on pain reduction

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Benkessou

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75016, France

  • Bizet Clinic

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75016, France

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