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Can smelling essential oils and hypnosis ease cancer procedure pain?

NCT ID NCT05714995

Symptom relief Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether combining aromatherapy (smelling essential oils) with hypnosis can help cancer patients feel more comfortable during uncomfortable procedures like blood draws or dressing changes. About 66 adults with cancer will be randomly assigned to receive hypnosis alone or hypnosis plus aromatherapy. Researchers will measure comfort levels before and after the procedures.

What this could mean

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Active substance
essential oils (aromatherapy)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a drug-free way to help cancer patients feel more comfortable during uncomfortable procedures.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study (66 people) testing a short-term comfort measure, not a treatment for cancer itself. Results may not apply to all patients.

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Study facts

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

Participants

About 66 people

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

Started

Apr 2024

Expected to finish

Oct 2026

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.

Who is studied

Patients coming to HDJ or hospitalized in a conventional medical oncology unit, monitored from the 1st line of chemotherapy and taken care of by the mobile palliative care support team (EMASP)

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged ≥18 years * Patients followed in medical oncology and by the mobile palliative care support team * From the first line of chemotherapy * Patient requiring one of the following procedures: * Blood samples via a central catheter with a percutaneous implantable chamber, with a Huber needle * Peripheral venous samples * Change of dressing for cancerous lesion * Complete toilet in bed * Patients who have given their consent * Patient affiliated with a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Protected person under guardianship or curatorship, * Person deprived of liberty * Person unable to express consent * Pregnant woman and breastfeeding woman * History of allergy or intolerance to essential oils * Patients with cognitive or language disorders that make it impossible to answer the questionnaires * Psychotic disorders

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer neoplasm

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Cancer

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil

    RECRUITING

    Créteil, 94000, France

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