NCT02179905

Brain Imaging, Heart Rate Variability and Serum Fatty Acid in Subjects With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is to analyze the relationship between brain structure, the heart rate variability and the serum fatty acid component of the irritable bowel syndrome patients.

Detailed description

Several studies showed that the gray matter and white matter of the brain related to the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome patients. The investigators study is to analyse the relationship between thickness of cortex of irritable patients, the sympathetic tone and the serum fatty acid component of the irritable bowel syndrome patients. It is to clarify the mechanism of irritable bowel syndrome, whether the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are related to the thickness of cortex or inflammation status of the body.

Conditions

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-09-01
• Completion: 2013-09-01
• First posted: 2014-07-02
• Last updated: 2014-07-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan