Treatment of non cardiac chest pain: a role for hypnotherapy?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN54865517
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN54865517
Protocol serial number	RDO/22/33
Sponsor	Department of Health (UK)
Funder	Department of Health (UK) - NHS Exec Biomedical Funding Scheme (ref: RDO/22/33)

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Statistical analysis plan

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Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Prof Peter Whorwell
Scientific

Wythenshawe Hospital
Manchester
M23 9LT
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1612915813
Email	peter.whorwell@smuht.nwest.nhs.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	To assess whether hypnotherapy has a role in the treatment of non cardiac chest pain
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Non cardiac chest pain
Intervention	Patients will be randomised to receive either: 1. 12 sessions of Hypnotherapy or: 2. 12 sessions of supportive listening of equal duration to hypnotherapy plus placebo medication
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Subjective global assessment of relief of symptoms compared with pre-trial status.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	To determine whether hypnotherapy improves frequency, severity and duration of non cardiac chest pain, as well as quality of life and psychological status (visual analogue scales).
Completion date	01/09/2005

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	50
Key inclusion criteria	Patients with angina-like chest pain who have been shown to have normal coronary arteries and have no other co-existent disease.
Key exclusion criteria	1.Patients with proven coronary artery disease 2.Patients with oesophageal reflux disease
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2002
Date of final enrolment	01/09/2005

Wythenshawe Hospital

Manchester
M23 9LT
United Kingdom

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

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/10/2006		Yes	No
Other publications	resullts	01/11/2007		Yes	No