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Contribution of a Non Medicamentous Approach by Hypnosis on Quality of Life in Crohn Disease

Not Applicable
Conditions
Crohn Disease
Interventions
Drug: immunosuppressor/TNFalpha
Behavioral: Hypnosis
Registration Number
NCT03623932
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Grenoble
Brief Summary

Evaluation of hypnosis therapy efficacy in addition to pharmacologic standard treatment of Croh disease during remission by the evaluation of quality of life;

Detailed Description

Crohn disease is defined as an inflammatory chronic disease of the bowel characterize by intermittent flare-ups and remission periods.

Crohn disease is due to genetic and environmental factors such as stress. Stress is an important aggravation factor of the disease symptoms which can stop a remission period and induce a relapse into a flare-up period.

Hypnosis is a non-medicinal technic which already show efficacy in the treatment of functional digestive troubles. These diseases are bio/psycho/social models such as Crohn disease.

Hypnosis can reduce visceral pain sensibility, reduce stress and reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines liberation into intestinal mucosa.

Though, only few data are available on hypnosis interest in the treatment of Crohn disease and inflammatory bowel diseases as it is often isolated clinical case report.

One study on patients with rectocolitis in remission period has been done recently and show that hypnosis increased the duration of the remission period.

The principal objective of this study is to evaluate hypnosis efficacy in term of quality of life for patients with Crohn disease during remission.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • patient with ileal or colic Crohn disease
  • stable treatment for Crohn disease
  • clinical and biologic remission (normal C reactive protein and fecal calprotectin < 100 µg/g)
  • patient living in Grenoble area
  • informed consent form
  • social security affiliation
Exclusion Criteria
  • Person under legal protection (articles L1121-5 and L1121-8 of Public health code)
  • Person in exclusion period of another study
  • Hypnosis contraindication

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
immunosuppressor/TNFalphaimmunosuppressor/TNFalphaStandard treatment with immunosuppressor and/or anti-TNFalpha treatment.
Hypnosis + Standard TreatmentHypnosisStandard treatment with immunosuppressor and/or anti-TNFalpha treatment in addition to hypnosis parallel treatment.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mid term hypnosis efficacy with IBDQ6 months

Efficacy evaluation of hypnosis 6 months after the beginning of hypnosis sessions on the quality of life with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Short term hypnosis efficacy with IBDQ3 months

Efficacy evaluation of hypnosis 3 months after the beginning of hypnosis sessions on the quality of life with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ)

Disease acceptance with ICQ-183 months and 6 months

Impact of hypnosis on the disease acceptance short and mid term with the Evolution of the Illness Cognition Questionnaire for chronic disease

Clinical score with Harvey-Bradshaw Index short and mid term3 months and 6 months

Evolution of the clinical score short and mid term with Harvey-Bradshaw Index

Vagal tonus with electrocardiogram3 months and 6 months

Evolution of the vagal tonus with electrocardiogram short and mid term

Inflammatory status with C Reactive Protein3 months and 6 months

Evolution of the C Reactive Protein concentration in the plasma

Stress with Perceived Stress Scale3 months and 6 months

Evolution of stress status short and mid term with Perceived Stress Scale which goes from 10 to 50. Lower values represent better outcome.

Fatigue with Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory3 months and 6 months

Evolution of fatigue status short and mid term

Long term hypnosis efficacy12 months

Efficacy evaluation of hypnosis 12 months after the beginning of hypnosis sessions on the quality of life with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) which goes from 32 to 224. Higher values represent better outcome.

Clinical score with Harvey-Bradshaw Index long term12 months

Evolution of the clinical score long term with Harvey-Bradshaw Index

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital

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Grenoble, France

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