Is hypnotherapy a valuable treatment for children with chronic abdominal pain?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN26628553
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN26628553
Protocol serial number	NTR35
Sponsor	Academic Medical Centre (AMC) (The Netherlands)
Funder	Academic Medical Centre (AMC) (The Netherlands) - Paediatric Department

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Dr M.A. Benninga
Scientific

Meibergdreef 9
Amsterdam
1105 AZ
Netherlands

Phone	+31 (0)205663053
Email	m.a.benninga@amc.nl

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised, active controlled, parallel group trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	Hypnotherapy is a valuable treatment for children with chronic abdominal pain.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics approval received from local ethics committee.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Functional abdominal pain
Intervention	Hypnotherapy versus conventional therapy
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	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).
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	No secondary outcome measures
Completion date	01/08/2005

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	50
Key inclusion criteria	Rome II-criteria functional abdominal pain
Key exclusion criteria	1. Retardation 2. Abdominal surgery
Date of first enrolment	01/08/2002
Date of final enrolment	01/08/2005

Meibergdreef 9

Amsterdam
1105 AZ
Netherlands

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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