Contribution of Hypnosis in Guided Hepatic Biopsy (Ap-Hy-PBH)

NCT ID: NCT05413174

Last Updated: 2025-12-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-29

Study Completion Date

2023-06-02

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contribution of hypnosis on the level of pain felt by the patient during ultrasound-guided hepatic biopsy, by comparing an intervention group (hypnosis) to a control group (routine and benevolent care).

Single-center randomized controlled trial.

Detailed Description

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Hepatic Biopsy Puncture (HBP) is a very useful procedure for the assessment of chronic liver disease as well as in certain acute situations, and is also essential in oncology for the histological diagnosis of primary and secondary focal lesions. A study on the prevalence and characteristics of induced pain shows that it is a pain-generating procedure for 84% of patients and that the combination of anxiolytics and local anesthesia is insufficient. The effect of relaxing therapies was evaluated during percutaneous interventional radiology procedures. Anxiety and pain measured with visual analogue scales were significantly reduced in the group receiving support from sophrology and hypnosis . The mean evaluation of anxiety per procedure was 2.07 (95% CI, 1.48-2.82) in the group receiving relaxation therapy compared with 5.94 (95% CI, 4.62-7.22) in the other group. The mean level of pain felt was 1.83 (95% CI, 1.23-2.78) for the accompanied procedures versus 4.16 (95% CI, 2.53-6.04) without accompaniment. However, this study did not specifically look at percutaneous liver biopsy, and moreover the relaxation technique used was based on sophrology and not on an Ericksonian hypnosis approach.

Data concerning the use of hypnosis during percutaneous liver biopsies are limited to clinical cases, which report an absence of pain felt, including an observation in a patient who did not receive local anesthesia because of a history of allergy to Lidocaine.

Training in attentive and benevolent patient care already allows this type of procedure to be performed under good conditions in our department. This training of about one hour, carried out internally, does not require specific means. It would therefore seem useful to see what the impact is of using Ericksonian hypnosis, a recognized and risk-free technique which would require longer specific training for the staff and would represent a cost.

Conditions

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Ultrasound-guided Hepatic Biopsy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
The Clinical Study Technician will then perform the 1:1 randomization. The randomization is automatically transmitted by email to the email of the radiology technician in charge of hypnosis.

Study Groups

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Hypnosis arm

The experimental group will receive an hypnosis session during the ultrasound-guided hepatic biopsy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Hypnoanalgésia

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Use of Ericksonienne hypnosis in the medical field, aiming to dissociate the patient from the intervention in order to modify his or her perception of pain and limit anxiety.

Ericksonienne hypnosis will use during ultrasound-guided biopsy in radiology ward.

Habitual Care

The control group will receive the usual medical management during the ultrasound-guided hepatic biopsy.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Hypnoanalgésia

Use of Ericksonienne hypnosis in the medical field, aiming to dissociate the patient from the intervention in order to modify his or her perception of pain and limit anxiety.

Ericksonienne hypnosis will use during ultrasound-guided biopsy in radiology ward.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with an indication for ultrasound-guided hepatic biopsy
* Over 18 years of age
* Affiliated to a social security system

Exclusion Criteria

* History of psychiatric pathology, psychotropic or anxiolytic treatments
* Refusal to participate.
* People who do not understand and/or speak French.
* People who are deaf
* Patients with impaired cognitive abilities, evaluated by the prescribing service
* Disorders of hemostasis against percutaneous approach
* Allergy to Lidocaine
* Patient under National Health Aids
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Véronique NITSCHE, RN

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

APHP

Locations

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AP-HP

Paris, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Eisenberg E, Konopniki M, Veitsman E, Kramskay R, Gaitini D, Baruch Y. Prevalence and characteristics of pain induced by percutaneous liver biopsy. Anesth Analg. 2003 May;96(5):1392-1396. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000060453.74744.17.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Lindor KD, Bru C, Jorgensen RA, Rakela J, Bordas JM, Gross JB, Rodes J, McGill DB, Reading CC, James EM, Charboneau JW, Ludwig J, Batts KP, Zinsmeister AR. The role of ultrasonography and automatic-needle biopsy in outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy. Hepatology. 1996 May;23(5):1079-83. doi: 10.1002/hep.510230522.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Cadranel JF, Rufat P, Degos F. [Practices of transcutaneous liver biopsies in France. Results of a retrospective nationwide study]. Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2001 Jan;25(1):77-80. French.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Alexander JA, Smith BJ. Midazolam sedation for percutaneous liver biopsy. Dig Dis Sci. 1993 Dec;38(12):2209-11. doi: 10.1007/BF01299897.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Castera L, Negre I, Samii K, Buffet C. Patient-administered nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation provides safe and effective analgesia for percutaneous liver biopsy: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 May;96(5):1553-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2001.03776.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Barat M, Ollivier C, Taibi L, Nitsche V, Sogni P, Soyer P, Parlati L, Dohan A, Abdoul H, Revel MP. Standard of care versus standard of care plus Ericksonian hypnosis for percutaneous liver biopsy: Results of a randomized control trial. Diagn Interv Imaging. 2025 Mar;106(3):93-97. doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2024.09.009. Epub 2024 Oct 2.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 39358154 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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APHP220124

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

2022-A00008-35

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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