NCT02476643

Integrative Gastroenterology - an Observational Trial

Integrative Therapy in Gastroenterology - a Prospective Observational Trial in a Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to test, if a two-week integrative therapy in an internal medicine ward will improve symptoms, disability and quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome.a It shall further be tested, if those changes are associated with attitudes and experiences towards complementary and alternative medicine, anxiety, depression and stress perception as well as body awareness and responsiveness.

Detailed description

see above

Conditions

• Crohns Disease
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Integrative Therapy	This group receives an integrative therapy at the Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, i.e. a combination of conventional diagnostic and therapeutic interventions with specific naturopathic, and complementary medicine approaches, and physical therapy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-01
• Primary completion: 2018-04-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2015-06-19
• Last updated: 2018-05-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany