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Non-pharmacological Intervention for Colonoscopy

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University Hospitals (UH)

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Hypnosis
Sedation
Colonoscopy

Treatments

Behavioral: hypnosis
Drug: standard sedation
Behavioral: Structured attention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00913861
NAC 08-072
08-238

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a non-pharmacological intervention reduces consumption of sedative drugs during colonoscopy. A reduction of sedative drugs may reduce side effects. This non-pharmacological intervention may increase patient's comfort and security.

Full description

Sedative and analgesic drugs are used in most patients related to pain and anxiety during the colonoscopy. Analgesia and sedation has adverse effects such as central respiratory depression, obstruction of the upper airways, hypoxia, hypotension and bradycardia. Non-pharmacological interventions had beneficial effects during percutaneous vascular or renal procedures. In this study we test the hypothesis that the adjunction of hypnosis to pharmacological sedation will decrease the quantity of sedative drugs used and will reduce the patient's anxiety and discomfort.

Enrollment

80 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • patients classified as ASA 1 to 3
  • colonoscopy with anesthesiological support
  • capacity of consenting

Exclusion criteria

  • pregnancy
  • colonoscopy with gastroscopy
  • emergency
  • psychotic diseases
  • deafness
  • incapacity to understand french
  • addiction of drugs and alcohol
  • psychoactive drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

80 participants in 3 patient groups

standard sedation
Active Comparator group
Description:
propofol and fentanyl
Treatment:
Drug: standard sedation
structured attention-standard sedation
Active Comparator group
Description:
structured attention
Treatment:
Behavioral: Structured attention
hypnosis-standard sedation
Experimental group
Description:
hypnosis
Treatment:
Behavioral: hypnosis

Trial contacts and locations

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