New Studies Currently in Progress

Because of the increased interest in hypnosis for medical issues, many new studies on this topic are currently in progress or recruiting participants. Here is a list of some of those (https://clinicaltrials.gov/):

1. Hypnosis to Perform Awake Intubation

2. Hypnosis to Improve Sleep In Menopause

3. Hypnosis, Self-hypnosis and Weight Loss in Obese Patients

4. Assessment of the Contribution of Hypnosis in the Tolerance of the Bronchoscopy

5. DVD-Based Training Program in Self-Hypnosis for Children (program for parents to use with their children to teach self-hypnosis techniques for inducing relaxation and hypnotic analgesia; these relaxation techniques can be employed to manage anticipatory anxiety, distress, and pain during an invasive medical procedure)

6. Hypnosis as a Potentiation Technique for the Interventional Treatment of Chronic Lumbar Pain

7. Hypnosis for Pain and Itch Following Burn Injuries

8. Conversational Hypnosis in Women Undergoing Imaging for Breast Cancer

9. Hypnotherapy in Treating Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors

10. Effect of Hypnosis on Dyspnea (shortness of breath)

11. Self-hypnosis in Patients Awaiting Lung Transplantation

12. Pediatric Emergency Suture Care: a Trial Comparing the Analgesic Efficacy of Hypnosis Versus MEOPA

13. Improving Sleep Quality in People With Insomnia Using Hypnosis

14. Brain-Centered Therapy Versus Medication for Urgency Urinary Incontinence: Hypnotherapy Or Pharmacotherapy

15. Hypnosis Efficacy for the Prevention of Anxiety During a Coronary Angiography

16. Randomized Controlled Study of the Efficacy of Hypnosis Versus Relaxation and Control in Neuropathic Pain

17. Hypnotherapy vs. Probiotics in Children With IBS and Functional Abdominal Pain

18. Complementary Therapies (including hypnosis) in Spinal Fusion Patients

19. A Brief Laboratory-Based Hypnosis Session for Pain in Sickle Cell Disease