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Evaluation of Hypnosis in Virtual Reality on the Anxiety of Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Over Chemotherapy

Evaluation of Hypnosis in Virtual Reality on the Anxiety of Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Over Chemotherapy

Recruiting
18 years and older
Male
Phase N/A

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Overview

Prostate cancer is the first cancer in men. The treatment of metastatic prostate cancer with chemotherapy is based on the intravenous administration of docetaxel chemotherapy. Symptoms of anticipatory nausea, linked to anxiety caused by the treatment, may occur. Hypnosis is already used to treat the anxiety of people with cancer and can help treat the symtoms of nausea and vomiting of women with breast cancer.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of medical hypnosis in virtual reality on the anxiety of patients with metastatic prostate cancer receiving Docetaxel chemotherapy treatment in comparison with a control group.

Description

After verifying the patient's eligibility criteria and obtaining the signed informed consent form, the patient is randomized to the arm receiving hypnosis in virtual reality or to the control arm. The study ends after the 12 courses of docetaxel or premature termination of the study.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Man aged ≥ 18 years
  • Histologically proven metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma,
  • Patient undergoing chemotherapy according to the following conventional scheme: 12 courses of Docetaxel every two weeks
  • Patient who signed their informed consent
  • Patient benefiting from social security coverage
  • Patient treated and followed in the center for the duration of the study (6 months maximum).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient participating in another clinical trial on an experimental molecule
  • Patient who received previous chemotherapy
  • Patient unable to submit to protocol monitoring for psychological, social, family or geographic reasons
  • Patient deprived of their liberty or under guardianship
  • Patient with underlying or concomitant pathology incompatible with inclusion in the trial, whether psychiatric or somatic

Study details
    Metastatic Prostate Cancer

NCT04533958

Saint-Gregoire Private Hospital Center

14 October 2025

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