Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr M.A. Benninga
ORCID ID
Contact details
Meibergdreef 9
Amsterdam
1105 AZ
Netherlands
+31 (0)205663053
m.a.benninga@amc.nl
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
NTR35
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Hypnotherapy is a valuable treatment for children with chronic abdominal pain.
Ethics approval
Ethics approval received from local ethics committee.
Study design
Randomised, active controlled, parallel group trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Functional abdominal pain
Intervention
Hypnotherapy versus conventional therapy
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Frequency abdominal pain
2. Duration of abdominal pain. Above information is collected with pain diaries (two weeks before study, 1 week, 4 weeks, 8 weeks and 12 weeks during therapy, and 6 months and 12 months after therapy).
Secondary outcome measures
No secondary outcome measures
Overall trial start date
01/08/2002
Overall trial end date
01/08/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Rome II-criteria functional abdominal pain
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
50
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Retardation
2. Abdominal surgery
Recruitment start date
01/08/2002
Recruitment end date
01/08/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Trial participating centre
Meibergdreef 9
Amsterdam
1105 AZ
Netherlands
Sponsor information
Organisation
Academic Medical Centre (AMC) (The Netherlands)
Sponsor details
Emma Kinderziekenhuis
Postbus 22660
Amsterdam
1105 AZ
Netherlands
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
University/education
Funder name
Academic Medical Centre (AMC) (The Netherlands) - Paediatric Department
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary