Not yet recruiting NCT07676136
A Pilot Study Using Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy for Hospitalized Patients
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Gut directed hypnotherapy via telephone intervention, Educational recording.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Disorders of Gut-brain Interaction, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Abdominal Pain. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The purpose of the study is to compare the effectiveness of recorded gut-directed hypnosis to an educational recording in people with chronic problems in their gastrointestinal (GI) system. Patients who are hospitalized at Stanford Hospital for worsening pain and/or nausea will be considered for enrollment.
Interventions
- Behavioral Gut directed hypnotherapy via telephone intervention
Participants will undergo a self-directed gut-directed hypnosis intervention over the telephone. - Behavioral Educational recording
Participants will listen to educational material over the telephone about their gastrointestinal symptoms.
Primary outcome measures
- Recruitment rate [Time frame: Up to 1 year.]
- Number of participants who adhered to intervention [Time frame: 3 months.]
- Retention rate [Time frame: 3 months.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults admitted to the GI inpatient service with expected length of stay >24 hours
- Prior diagnosis of a disorder of gut-brain interaction, esophageal disorder, or inflammatory bowel disease
- Reason for hospitalization related to symptom management for exacerbation of visceral pain and/or nausea.
Exclusion criteria
- Currently using hypnosis
- severe developmental delay or cognitive impairment
- serious mental illness (i.e. psychosis or dissociation)
- hearing impairment
- Non-English speaking
- enrolled in another trial for GI symptom management
- admitted for GI procedure
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Stanford University — Stanford
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07676136 · 83851