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The Effects of a Mindfulness Based Intervention on IBD Disability

NCT05944068 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2024-04-04

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Summary

EMBODY (Effects of a Mindfulness Based interventiOn on ibD disabilitY) aims to evaluate the effects of a mindfulness based intervention on a broad number of disease related disability dimensions in patients with Crohn's disease (abdominal pain, regulation defecation, joint pain, energy, emotions, body image, interpersonal interactions, education and work, sexual function, sleep). Besides, the investigators will measure the effect of the intervention on depression, anxiety, stress, disease acceptance and perceived control as well as (biomarkers of) disease activity. It will be a prospective, randomized-controlled, monocentric, superiority trial using a waiting list with treatment as usual as control arm. Half of the patients will immediately start the mindfulness based intervention (early intervention group). In the other half, there will be a waiting time of 6 months before starting the mindfulness based intervention (late intervention or control group). Clinical disease activity (two-item patient reported outcome (PRO2)), faecal calprotectin and C-reactive protein (CRP) will be collected throughout the trial (pre-, during and post-intervention). The investigators will measure IBD-related disability through the IBD-Disk, a tool for assessing the impact of the disease on ten different dimensions of everyday life dimensions. Depression, anxiety and Stress will be investigated via the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale Short Form (DASS21). Disease acceptance and perceived control will be measured using the Subjective Health Experience (SHE) model. Evolution of the different variables will be compared between both groups (ANOVA).

Conditions

  • Crohn Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

midfulness training

For this study we chose for a mindfulness based intervention. Mindfulness is defined as the ability to notice and observe details about one's present internal and external environment with the goal of non-judgemental and non-elaborative awareness of cognitions, emotions and physical sensations. The goal of the mindfulness intervention will be to teach patients a way of coping with negative emotions without acting on them, letting patients take control of their disease related behaviour and come to better disease acceptance. Where medical treatments fail to take away all disabling symptoms, psychological interventions like mindfulness could offer patients a coping method through which symptoms are experienced as less disabling and patients regain their quality of life. This research may further strengthen the need for a multidisciplinary approach in patients with Crohn's disease.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marc Ferrante · UZ Leuven

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-06
Primary Completion
2024-05-30
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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