Colorectal Cancer Screnning Colonoscopy Under Hypnosis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Tours

About this trial

Through this study, the effectiveness of hypnosis in the realization of a colonoscopy for the detection of colorectal cancer will be evaluated

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients 18 years of age or older

Undergoing a screening colonoscopy (mass screening Fecal Immunochemical Test positive or as an individual (family history of colon cancer or adenoma, personal history of adenoma, cancer, chronic inflammatory bowel disease) or in the context of a transit disorder, hemorrhage or anemia

Affiliated with a French social security system

Having signed a written consent

Disqualifiers

Patient requiring emergency colonoscopy

History of colonic resection

Carriers of behavioral disorders and/or psychiatric illness

Limited cognitive abilities making it impossible to read or fill out a discrete choice questionnaire (language problems, comprehension problems)

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Colonoscopy under hypnosis

    Procedure/Surgery

    The hypnosis used will be of the Ericksonian type. Before the colonoscopy begins, the IDE puts the patient in a hypnotic situation.

Treatment groups

600 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: HypnosisExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: General anesthesiaNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Rate of complete colonoscopies

Rate of complete colonoscopies: a colonoscopy is said to be complete when the endoscopist visualizes the caecal fundus.

Time frame
The day of the colonoscopy, from the start to the end of the colonoscopy

Secondary outcomes

1

Level of anxiety

Level of anxiety is measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Form Y) scale

Time frame
The day of the colonoscopy, before the exam
2

Level of pain

pain level measured by self-evaluation via a visual analog scale between 0 and 10 cm, at the consultation, before and after the colonoscopy in both groups and during the procedure, before returning to the room only in the Hypnosis group. The doctor will present the ungraded side of the VAS to the patient and ask him/her to place the cursor on the maximum pain intensity felt during the procedure.

Time frame
During the consultation before the colonoscopy
3

Level of pain

pain level measured by self-evaluation via a visual analog scale between 0 and 10 cm, at the consultation, before and after the colonoscopy in both groups and during the procedure, before returning to the room only in the Hypnosis group. The doctor will present the ungraded side of the VAS to the patient and ask him/her to place the cursor on the maximum pain intensity felt during the procedure.

Time frame
Up to 24 hours the day of colonoscopy
4

Duration of colonoscopy

Duration of the endoscopy measured in minutes, distinguishing between: the time between the introduction of the endoscope into the anus and its arrival at the caecal floor and the time required in the opposite direction. The time taken to remove the polyps will be counted.

Time frame
The day of colonoscopy from the start to the end of the exam

Other outcomes

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