Hypnosis may ease chemo anxiety in teens and young adults
NCT ID NCT07614620
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a single hypnosis session during chemotherapy can reduce anxiety and other side effects like nausea in young people with cancer. It includes 70 participants aged 15-49 with sarcoma, germ cell tumors, or breast cancer. Researchers will compare anxiety levels after chemo with and without hypnosis to see if it makes a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- hypnosis
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a low-cost, drug-free way to ease anxiety and nausea during chemotherapy for young cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 70 participants. Results may not apply to all patients, and hypnosis may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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15 to 49 years
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Newly diagnosed patients receiving initial care and follow-up at the Institut Bergonié during treatment: 1. Adolescents or young adults (AJA) aged 15 to 39 with soft tissue or bone sarcoma or a germ cell tumor (testicular, ovarian), 2. Young women aged 15 to 49 with breast cancer. 2. Treatment with neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on anthracyclines and/or alkylating agents. 3. Treatment administered as: 1. Inpatient for patients with soft tissue or bone sarcoma or a germ cell tumor (testicular, ovarian), 2. Outpatient or day hospital for female patients with breast cancer. 4. Dated and signed informed consent (if the patient is a minor, consent must also be signed by the legal guardians). 5. Patient enrolled in a social security program in accordance with current regulations. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Known contraindications to hypnosis (psychotic disorders, mental disorders, confusion, deafness, severe cognitive impairment, etc.) 2. Patients who have already undergone hypnosis sessions within 6 months prior to enrollment. 3. Geographic, social, or psychological factors rendering the patient unable to comply with the study's follow-up and procedures. 4. Patients who are deprived of their liberty or subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, conservatorship, judicial protection, or family authorization).
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