Meditation may take the edge off breast biopsies
NCT ID NCT05343975
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether listening to audio-guided meditation during a breast biopsy helps reduce pain and anxiety. 225 women having a breast biopsy were offered meditation or standard care. Researchers measured their pain and anxiety levels before and after the procedure using questionnaires. The goal is to find a simple, non-drug way to improve the biopsy experience.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- audio-guided meditation
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to help patients feel less pain and anxiety during breast biopsies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, non-randomized study, so results may not apply to everyone. Meditation may not help all patients, and the effect might be small.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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225 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Finished
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Nov 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Women referred to the ICO of Angers for management of a breast pathology, or during screening, requiring the performance of one (or more) breast micro or macrobiopsy.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Breast pathology requiring the performance of one (or more) breast and/or axillary micro or macrobiopsy, * Informed patient, with collection of the non opposition Exclusion Criteria: * Excluded forms of the disease: biopsy concerning organs other than the breast and/or axilla * Persons deprived of their liberty, under court protection, under curatorship or under the authority of a guardian, * Impossibility to submit to the medical follow-up of the trial for geographical, social or psychic reasons (invalidating psychiatric disorder diagnosed of psychotic type).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institut de Cancerologie de L'Ouest (Ico)
Angers, 49055, France
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