Managing Recurrent Abdominal Pain

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Abdominal Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a social learning and cognitive behavior therapy approach for treating children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00494260

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

200

Starts

2003-11-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-03-31

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• child experienced at least 3 episodes of abdominal pain over a 3-month period which affected his/her activities
• primary caregiver willing and able to complete questionnaires
• child aged 7-17
• child has lived with the primary caregiver full-time for at least the past 5 years and for at least half of his/her lifetime

You may not qualify if…

• positive physical or laboratory findings which would explain the child's abdominal pain
• chronic disease
• major surgery in past year
• developmental disabilities that require full-time special education or impair ability to respond
• inability to comprehend English

Where it is running

• Goryeb Children's Hospital/ Atlantic Health System — Morristown, New Jersey, United States
• University of Washington/ Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States

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