NCT03583788

Effect of Hypnotherapy in Alcohol Use Disorder Compared to Motivational Interviewing.

Completed NA Last updated 11 July 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Hypnotherapy in Alcohol Use Disorder in 31 participants. Completed in 7 February 2018.

Timeline

1 February 2016

Primary endpoint
1 December 2017

7 February 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Sykehuset Innlandet HF
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	31
Start date	1 February 2016
Primary completion	1 December 2017
Estimated completion	7 February 2018

Drugs / interventions tested

• Hypnotherapy
• Motivational Interviewing

Conditions studied

• Alcohol Use Disorder — all drugs for Alcohol Use Disorder →

Sponsor

Sykehuset Innlandet HF — full company profile →

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Alcohol Use Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study was carried out at an inpatient clinic in Norway. A six- week long treatment programme included intensive group therapy, but also five hours of individual therapy, given as motivational interviewing (MI). Thirty-one patients were randomized either to receive five individual sessions of hypnotherapy instead of MI (N=16) or to be in the control group (N=15). The treatment method for the hypnotherapy group was Erickson's (permissive) hypnosis. At baseline all the participants were diagnosed using a psychiatric interview and filled in the Alcohol Use Identification Test (AUDIT), Time-line-follow-back (TLFB) for alcohol use, Hopkins Symptoms Check List (HSCL-25) for monitoring mental distress and Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire. AUDIT, TLFB and HSCL-25 were re-administered at follow-up after one year.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.