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NCT07070986: RESC SYMPA
Randomized, Single-blind Pilot Study Assessing the Effect of Cutaneous RESonance Stimulation SYMPAthetic and Parasympathetic Tone and Anxiety in Patients Admitted for Cardiac Surgery
trial testing RESC in Anxiety in 62 participants. Currently enrolling.
3 March 2027
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Hospices Civils de Lyon |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 62 |
| Start date | 30 September 2025 |
| Primary completion | 3 March 2027 |
| Estimated completion | 3 March 2027 |
| Sites | 1 location across France |
Drugs / interventions tested
- RESC
- NSCS
Conditions studied
- Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →
Sponsor
Hospices Civils de Lyon — full company profile →
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Anxiety. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Anxiety is a natural response to stress which peaks just before the surgery procedure. High levels of anxiety can increase postoperative pain and complications. Medicated anxiolysis is no longer recommended, in the absence of proven efficacy. Other interventions to prevent anxiety are required. The autonomic nervous system (ANS), both sympathetic and parasympathetic, determines the response to stress. Anxiety interventions such as hypnosis, massage and relaxation work by modulating ANS tone. The ANS also modulates heart rate. Anxiety can be measured by RR space, from which HRV, high-frequency (HF) and low-frequency (LF) are components respectively linked to the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems. The LF/HF ratio reflects sympathetic dominance if high, and parasympathetic dominance if low. Cutaneous resonance stimulation (RESC) is a manual technique. RESC can diagnose and correct energy imbalances by skin stimulation between two points and thus act on anxiety. We hypothesized that a preoperative RESC session would modify the sympathetic/parasympathetic balance and reduce anxiety in patients admitted for cardiac surgery, compared to patient receiving a sham RESC session: non-specific cutaneous stimulation (NSCS).
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT07070986 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Hospices Civils de Lyon
- Last refreshed: 19 December 2025
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