Managing pain from amputation wounds using self-hypnosis

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This clinical trial investigates the effectiveness of self-hypnosis as a pain management technique for patients who have undergone lower extremity amputations due to vascular surgical procedures. Participants will receive self-hypnosis training alongside standard wound dressing care to assess its impact on pain levels during the healing process. The study aims to improve patient comfort and healing outcomes by integrating a psychological approach to pain management. Eligible patients will be those who have recently undergone amputation and are experiencing moderate pain.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Age ≥ 18 years;
* Naïve to amputation procedures;
* Amputated, within 24 hours prior to inclusion, one, more or all toes
* Pain level on the Numerical Scale ≥ 3 during the first dressing;
* Affiliated to a social security scheme;
* Having signed a free, informed and written consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cognitive impairments that limit understanding of instructions;
* Cultural limitations reducing abstraction skills;
* Previous practice of hypnosis;
* Contraindications to hypnosis: Bipolar disorder or decompensated schizophrenia;
* Chronic non-vascular pain;
* Already in care for painful chronic wounds (ulcer wounds, bedsores...)
* On morphine before surgery;
* Analgesia by perineural catheter;
* Protected person (adult subject to legal protection (safeguard of justice, curatorship, guardianship), person deprived of liberty, pregnant woman (declarative), nursing woman and minor).

Where it's running

• CHU Rennes
  Rennes, France Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Claudie BOUFFORT — Rennes University Hospital
• Study coordinator: Nicolas Mevel
• Email: dri@chu-rennes.fr
• Phone: 02 99 28 25 55

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.