Biofields Therapy on Warts

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Wart; Energy Medecine; Magnetism
• Interventions: Other: Fake Biofield therapy; Other: True Biofield therapy

• Registration Number: NCT02773719
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Caen

Brief Summary

Traditionally, healers are willing to look after, two out of three French citizens have already appealed to them at least once during their lives. Many healers in good faith are exercising their magnetism as a "gift" often inherited from elders. Now, they create interest of doctors who do not hesitate in some cases to ensure their cooperation, to implicitly recognize their mysterious talents. Some serious studies have examined these practices: Several studies have been conducted on the influence of biofield therapies in pain, depression and fatigue in cancer disease. The investigators propose a study of the effect of magnetism on the wart disease whose cure is objectively assessable.

Sixty-two subjects in total would be included, comparing 2 proportions observed: the proportion of healing in the group treated with a "real" biofield therapist (recognized and affiliated to the National Group for Alternative Medicine in France) to the proportion of healing in the group treated with a "fake" biofield therapist (someone assessed as not having capacity to magnetize). The "fake" biofield therapist, placebo, has been trained to replicate gestures during a training validated by an independent recognized biofield therapist.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2016-04
• Study Start: 2016-04
• Study First Submitted: 2016-04-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-05-13
• Study First Posted: 2016-05-16
• Primary Completion: 2018-11
• Study Completion: 2018-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Fake biofield therapist	Fake Biofield therapy	Subject will have a 40 minutes therapy with a fake biofield therapist to treat the wart
True biofield therapist	True Biofield therapy	Subject will have a 40 minutes therapy with a real biofield therapist to treat the wart

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
disappearance of a common palmar or plantar wart	week 3

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
disappearance of each other wart than the original one 3 weeks after the therapy	week 3
Percentage of reduction of each wart will be calculated using mean diameter of each wart at W0 and W3	week 3
Level of belief in biofield therapy of the subject	week 6	week 0
Disappearance of warts at 6 weeks	week 6

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Caen University Hospital; 🇫🇷 Caen, France