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Treatment of Globus Sensations With Psychotherapy

NCT01590992 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 175

Last updated 2018-10-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether psychotherapy (based on exposure techniques) is effective in the treatment of functional somatic symptoms (FSS)/Somatoform Disorders (as exemplified here in subjects with globus sensations in the throat).

Conditions

  • Somatoform Disorders
  • Globus Hystericus

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exposure-based psychotherapy for somatic symptoms

Application of different types of exposure-based psychotherapeutic interventions (behavioral therapy), adapted for subjects with somatic symptoms (Somatoform Disorders/Functional Somatic Syndromes)

BEHAVIORAL

Relaxation therapy

Progressive muscle relaxation (Jacobson)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Basel

    collaborator OTHER

  • Swiss National Science Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gunther Meinlschmidt, Ph.D. · University of Basel, Ruhr-University Bochum

  • Roselind Lieb, Ph.D. · University of Basel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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