Hypnosis may sharpen heart scans for anxious patients
NCT ID NCT05999578
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a hypnosis session before and during a cardiac MRI can reduce anxiety and improve image quality. Researchers will compare anxious patients who receive hypnosis to those who do not, measuring how clear the images are and how many artifacts appear. If successful, hypnosis could be a simple, drug-free way to help anxious patients get better heart scans.
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 drug-free way to help anxious patients get clearer cardiac MRI images without sedation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (90 participants) testing a behavioral technique, not a drug. Results may not apply to all patients or settings.
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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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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Anxious patient (anxiety score TRAIT (baseline) and anxiety score STATE (situational) ≥ 46) and non-anxious patient (anxiety score TRAIT and anxiety score STATE \< 46) requiring cardiac MRI for diagnosis or follow-up of a cardiac pathology except the patients with cardiac arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats. * 18 years and older * Highly effective contraception for women of childbearing potential, maintained during research procedures * Informed consent * Affiliated or beneficiary of health insurance Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications to MRI and gadoline contrast medium * Hearing impaired patients * Patients who do not speak French * Women who are pregnant or lactating * Inability to agree to participate to the study * Patient under legal protection
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Bordeaux
RECRUITINGBordeaux, France
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