Development of a Questionnaire to Measure Hypervigilance for Visceral Pain

Completed

Conditions studied: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

In brief

The aim of this study is to develop and validate a questionnaire (non-invasive technique) to identify patients who are hypervigilant for noxious visceral sensations and who show a lower threshold to report pain. This questionnaire would be useful in studies investigating the role of visceral pain hypervigilance and pain sensitivity in the comorbidity of IBS with other somatic disorders.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01166802

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

157

Starts

2008-02-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-07-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• clinical diagnosis of IBS
• meets Rome III criteria for IBS
• women or men aged 18 or older

You may not qualify if…

• use of IBS-specific compounds, opiates, anticholinergics, or any drug likely to cause constipation as a side-effect
• use of analgesics for 48 hours prior to the study
• hypothyroid
• history of bowel resection except appendectomy or cholecystectomy
• psychotic disorder, major depression, substance abuse (other than tobacco)or other psychiatric condition likely to interfere with the conduct of the study
• renal disease
• patients with inflammatory or ischemic disease of the rectum
• known to be unreliable.

Where it is running

• UNC Center for Clinical and Translational Research — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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