This is a pilot study comparing 3 arms (standard care with hypnosis / standard care with virtual reality / standard care alone), aimed at measuring the effect on anxiety during the induction treatment. Acute myeloid leukemia is considered an oncological emergency that requires chemotherapy treatment with a high risk of serious adverse effects due to prolonged bone marrow failure or drug toxicity. This situation is very stressful for patients, who must cope with the initial symptoms, the diagnosis of a serious cancer, an urgent hospitalization (sometimes in intensive care) and prolonged hospitalization, invasive procedures for diagnosis and initiation of treatment, and intensive chemotherapy requiring protective isolation to contain the risk of life-threatening infection. Added to this care context is the breakdown of family ties as well as socio-professional ties, generating major anxiety and a risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (symptoms, which are common in acute myeloid leukemia. The hypothesis of our study is that hypnosis and virtual reality sessions combined with standard care could reduce anxiety and enhance chemotherapy treatment in acute myeloid leukemia patients when they first learn of their diagnosis.
Patients will be randomly assigned to one of the three arms. All patients will receive standard conventional chemotherapy treatments in accordance with international recommendations and standard conventional care (including supportive care) during their hospital stay. Depending on the group to which they are assigned, they will also participate in hypnotherapy or virtual reality sessions during their hospital stay. Patients will be asked to complete various self-administered questionnaires to measure their levels of anxiety, quality of life, and stress during the course of treatment, according to the study schedule
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
99
Each session is based on the hypnosis techniques described by Erickson. In general, a session includes a hypnotic induction phase, a period of deepening and suggestions specific to the symptoms, followed by a return to reality. The hypnotherapist will be someone outside the team, trained in the Ericksonian method, who will intervene at a specific time during the sessions.
Each patient will be able to choose their environment from among those available (forest, beach, Zen garden, scuba diving, winter landscape, northern lights, astral travel, Antarctica, Maldives, desert), accompanied by ambient sounds. During the sessions, patients will be seated in their rooms at a quiet time outside of any treatment.
IUCT Oncopole
Toulouse, France, France
Effect of an intervention combining standard care and virtual reality on the anxiety levels of patients at the end of induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia, compared to standard care and standard care with hypnosis
Change in anxiety score, measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Time frame: 35 days
Effect of an intervention combining standard care and virtual reality, compared to standard care and standard care with hypnosis, on nociceptive pain
Pain will be measured using a numerical pain scale at inclusion (first day of hospitalization)
Time frame: 35 days
Evaluate the effect of an intervention combining standard care and virtual reality, compared to standard care and standard care with hypnosis, on anxiety
Change in anxiety scores using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Time frame: 3 months
Evaluate the effect of an intervention combining standard care and virtual reality, compared to standard care and standard care with hypnosis, on quality of life
Quality of life scores using the specific Fact-Leu questionnary
Time frame: 3 months
Evaluate the effect of an intervention combining standard care and virtual reality, compared to standard care and standard care with hypnosis, on post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder using the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Scale
Time frame: 3 months
Evaluate the effect of an intervention combining standard care and virtual reality, compared to standard care and standard care with hypnosis, on remission rate
Remission rate by sternal puncture, performed systematically (as part of routine care). A blast count of less than 5% will indicate remission
Time frame: 35 days
Evaluate the effect of an intervention combining standard care and virtual reality, compared to standard care and standard care with hypnosis, on minimal residual disease
Minimal Residual Disease, using molecular biology or flow cytometry
Time frame: 35 days
Evaluate the effect of an intervention combining standard care and virtual reality, compared to standard care and standard care with hypnosis, on consumption of analgesics and psychotropic drugs
Medication consumption based on cumulative doses and the number of days on analgesics and psychotropic drugs
Time frame: 35 days
Evaluate the effect of an intervention combining standard care and virtual reality, compared to standard care and standard care with hypnosis, on occurrence of adverse events related to induction treatment
Adverse events related to induction treatment of Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events grade ≥ 3, as well as adverse events related to induction treatment such as nausea, vomiting, mucositis, diarrhea, weight loss, and alopecia, regardless of grade
Time frame: 35 days
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