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CompletedNCT02003157HYPNOARTUpdated Jan 15, 2016

Efficacy of Hypnosis During Embryo Transfer Procedure on Clinical Pregnancy Rate for Patients Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technology IVF or ICSI

An interventional study of hypnosis during embryo transfer or usual transfer procedure in Infertility, sponsored by University Hospital, Angers. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 41 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-01-15.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Angers · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
460
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 41 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical benefits that can be expected by the Embryo transfert procedure with hypnosis to the usual embryo transfer procedure

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Conditions studied

  • Infertility

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Keywords

  • hypnosis embryo transfer IVF ICSI
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In context

Infertility

2,506 studies on the registry are indexed under Infertility; 407 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 460 is above the median of 120 across 1,698 interventional studies indexed under Infertility.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Angers is the lead sponsor of 464 studies on the registry; 116 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 41 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Consent to participate in study Age ≥ 18 years and \< 41 years IVF or IVF/ICSI attempt GnRH antagonist or agonist stimulation protocol Scheduled transfer of 1 or 2 embryos

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Refusal to provide consent refusal hypnosis FSH > 13 mUImL CFA \< 8 follicles AMH \< 0.5 ngml Patient not covered by the social security system (NHS)

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
460 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    hypnosis

    embryo transfer procedure with hypnosis

    Procedure: hypnosis during embryo transfer or usual transfer procedure

  • Active comparator
    usual

    embryo transfer usual procedure

    Procedure: hypnosis during embryo transfer or usual transfer procedure

Interventions

  • Procedurehypnosis during embryo transfer or usual transfer procedure
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. pregnancy rate

    sonography

    Time frame: between weeks 5 and 7 after embryo transfer

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Study locations

1 site
  • CHU angers
    Angers, 49933, France
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 15, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02003157
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Angers
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 6, 2013
Start date
Jun 2011
Primary completion
Dec 2013
Completion
May 2014
Last update
Jan 15, 2016
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