Hypnosis meets AI: could a machine learn to soothe your anxiety?
NCT ID NCT07102810
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study at Mount Sinai measured brain waves and other body signals in 50 healthy volunteers during a standard hypnosis session. The goal was to collect data to train an artificial intelligence tool that can recognize when a person is calm or in a trance. Future research may use this AI to create personalized audio and video that helps people relax without medication during medical procedures.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a non-drug device that uses personalized audio/video to reduce anxiety during medical procedures like biopsies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (50 healthy volunteers) that only collects data—no treatment is tested. The AI tool is still in development and may not work as hoped.
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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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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Written informed consent obtained from participant and ability and willingness for participant to comply with the requirements of the study. * Adults of all genders, ages 18-65 * Healthy volunteers * English-speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Participating currently in experimental drug trials. * Recent (\<1 year) or current history of substance use disorder. * Diabetes T1 or T2, major cardiovascular or respiratory diseases, major neurological diseases, or limited mobility * Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the investigator would compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the data. * Adults that cannot consent. * Chronic use of psychoactive medications. * Chronic use of antiepileptic medications. * Active substance use disorder. * Participants reporting significant phobias or anxiety disorders triggered by imagery or situations involving insects (specifically flies), enclosed spaces or elevators (claustrophobia), or heights (acrophobia).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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