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Mind/Body Medicine and IBD Flare-Up

NCT00568256 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2012-02-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Ulcerative Colitis is an Inflammatory Bowel disease that is a life-long, relapsing disabling disorder. Current treatments for Ulcerative Colitis are not satisfactory. Most medications provide only partial relief, are not successful for at least 30% of patients, and have major negative side effects. Mounting evidence indicates that stress is one of the important triggers that activates symptoms of ulcerative colitis and therefore causes flare-up. The primary aim of this study is to see if either of two 8-week Mind-Body courses has an effect in reducing stress and affecting the course and severity of UC.

Hypotheses: Stress causes Ulcerative Colitis flare-up and stress reduction will prevent Ulcerative Colitis flare-up.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mind/Body Courses

8-week Mind/Body course held once a week for 2 hours at a time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rush University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ali Keshavarzian, M.D. · Rush University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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