Overview

Collaborative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Hypnotherapy for Treatment of Pediatric Functional Gastrointestinal Disease

Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2016-04-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This program has been created to help patients with irritable bowel syndrome manage their symptoms and increase their functioning by using cognitive therapy skills and hypnosis.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Seton Healthcare Family
Treatments:
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Cathartics
Laxatives
Parasympatholytics
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 8 - 18

- Meets Rome III Criteria for Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome

- Abdominal discomfort or pain associated with 2 or more of the following at least
25% of the time

- Improved with defecation

- Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool

- Onset associated with a change in form of the stool

- No evidence of inflammatory, anatomic, metabolic, or neoplastic process that
explains the subject's symptoms

- Criteria fulfilled once per week for at least 2 months before diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria: Unwillingness / Inability to engage in cognitive behavioral therapy arm
of study (weekly encounters with psychologist)