Magnetism vs. warts: can a Healer's touch make them disappear?
NCT ID NCT02773719
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether biofield therapy, a type of energy healing or magnetism, can make common warts on hands and feet disappear. Sixty-two adults with warts for at least 3 months will be randomly assigned to receive either real biofield therapy from a recognized healer or fake therapy from someone trained to mimic the gestures. The main goal is to see if the warts vanish after treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- biofield therapy (magnetism)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a non-invasive treatment for warts using energy healing.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 62 participants. The placebo effect is strong for warts, and the fake healer group may also show improvement, making it hard to prove real benefit.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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62 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Apr 2016
- Finished
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Nov 2018
- 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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.
Patients with common warts on hands or feet for over at least 3 months are eligible for the study. Patients fulfilling one or more of the following criteria will not be included: lack of informed consent prior to randomization, younger than 18 years or under judicial protection, treated with oral corticotherapy for more than 6 months, immunosuppressed or with history of transplant surgery, undergoing chemotherapy or suspected to have carcinomatous warts, or patients with infected warts, injured warts or already treated within 90 days with chemical processing, medical device, surgery or ever treated with biofield therapy. Subject will be excluded from the study if its warts was treated by other treatment during protocol. * ulcerated wart * cancerous wart
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Caen University Hospital
Caen, France
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