Clinical Hypnosis During Insemination or Embryotransfer

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified March 2012 by Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospitals
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
PD Dr. med. Joscha Reinhard, MBBS BSc(Hon), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospitals
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01567241
First received: March 22, 2012
Last updated: March 30, 2012
Last verified: March 2012
  Purpose

Does clinical hypnosis or relaxation music improve the pregnancy rate if reproduction techniques are required?


Condition Intervention
Reproduction Dysfunction
Other: clinical hypnosis or relaxation music

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Official Title: Prospective Off-center Randomised Trial of Clinical Hypnosis Versus Relaxation Music

Further study details as provided by Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospitals:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Pregnancy rate [ Time Frame: 4 weeks after insemination / embryotransfer ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Outpatient follow up after insemination / embryotransfer for 4 weeks


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Questionnaire: Intervention rating [ Time Frame: 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after insemination / embryotransfer ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 282
Study Start Date: March 2012
Estimated Study Completion Date: March 2014
Estimated Primary Completion Date: August 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Relaxation music Other: clinical hypnosis or relaxation music
25 minute tape recording
Experimental: Clinical hypnosis Other: clinical hypnosis or relaxation music
25 minute tape recording

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Planned insemination or embryo transfer

Exclusion Criteria:

under age not able to understand German

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01567241

Contacts
Contact: Joscha Reinhard, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. MBBS BSc +49-(0)-157 76400061 Joscha.Reinhard@kgu.de

Locations
Germany
Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe Recruiting
Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, 60590
Contact: Joscha Reinhard, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. MBBS BSc     +49-(0)-157 76400061     Joscha.Reinhard@kgu.de    
Principal Investigator: Joscha Reinhard, Priv-Doz Dr. med. MBBS BSc            
Sponsors and Collaborators
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospitals
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joscha Reinhard, Priv-Doz. Dr. med. MBBS BSc Goethe University
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: PD Dr. med. Joscha Reinhard, MBBS BSc(Hon), Principal investigator, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospitals
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01567241     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 329/11
Study First Received: March 22, 2012
Last Updated: March 30, 2012
Health Authority: Germany: Ethics Commission

Keywords provided by Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospitals:
clinical hypnosis
relaxation music
reproduction techniques
insemination
embryo transfer
pregnancy rate

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013