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Study of Biomarkers and the Relaxation Response Using Guided Imagery in Women With IC

NCT00420550 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2012-03-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Interstitial cystitis (IC) affects more than one million women in the United States. It has been thought that IC patients who have been unable to obtain adequate relief from medical remedies would value a psychotherapeutic intervention that could diminish some of their pain.

There are currently no studies using biomarkers with the use of a relaxation technique called guided imagery in IC patients. Many guided imagery intervention studies in areas such as cancer, post-operative pain, and arthritis reported that guided imagery resulted in improvements in the psychological or physiological outcomes examined. If this is also true in IC patients, this intervention may prevent the use of unnecessary medications and procedures that are currently being used.

Conditions

  • Interstitial Cystitis
  • Pelvic Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Relaxation Response using Guided Imagery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • William Beaumont Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth Peters, M.D. · William Beaumont Hospitals

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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