Clinical trials: Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Somatization Disorder
Assessment of Somatic Symptom Burden
The Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) is a frequently used questionnaire to assess somatic symptom burden. The Somatic Symptom Scale China (SSS-CN) was recently developed as a comprehensive self-report instrument in…
- Trial name
- NCT03321409
- Testing
- The general population, Patients with suspected CAD
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RenJi Hospital
Depression, Trauma
Online Therapy Youth, Equivalent to Treatment As Usual?
With growing waiting lists in specialized youth mental health care (sGGZ) and shortages of care staff, finding creative solutions to respond to this scarcity issue is important.
- Conditions
- Depression, Trauma, Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT06617663
- Testing
- EMDR, ACT
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord
Somatic Syndrome Disorder
Somatoform Disorder in British South Asians
The study uses in depth interviews to understand their experience of somatoform disorder, possible explanations and their experience of somatoform disorder, possible explanations and their understanding of treatments, especially…
- Trial name
- NCT02349256
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Global Health Primary Care Research and Innovation and Network
Musculoskeletal Diseases or Conditions, Musculoskeletal Pain
Stress and Musculoskeletal Health in Employees
This study aims to evaluate potential correlation of stress as estimated by certain biological markers, namely saliva cortisol, Heart rate variability (HRV), Electromyography (EMG) with musculoskeletal system health status, and…
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Diseases or Conditions, Musculoskeletal Pain, Musculoskeletal Health, Stress
- Trial name
- MUStress (NCT06488547)
- Testing
- Diaphragmatic breathing (DF), Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)
- Where
- 2 sites in Greece
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Psychological Flexibility, Somatic Symptom
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Based Group Psychoeducation for Nursing Students
In this study, the effects of acceptance and commitment therapy-based group psychoeducation applied to nursing students on psychological flexibility and somatic symptoms will be examined.
- Trial name
- NCT06553703
- Testing
- Acceptance and commitment therapy based group psychoeducation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tugba Yildirim
Stress, Psychological, Stress, Emotional
A Training Program for Developing Social- and Personal Resources
In this study, a new psychosocial training for social relationships for adults will be evaluated. In a 6-module course, with four 3-day modules and two 5-day modules in the timeframe of one year, participants learn ways to…
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Stress, Emotional, Health Behavior, Satisfaction, Personal
- Trial name
- NCT04165473
- Testing
- Training Program for Developing Social- and Personal Resources
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 223 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Welfare Benefits in Functional Somatic Disorders
The objective of this observational study is to estimate the number of weeks of welfare benefits, i.e. sickness benefit, unemployment benefit and social assistance, for individuals with functional somatic disorders and compare…
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Bodily Distress Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT05611606
- Volunteers
- 9,656 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Adult Women
Interoceptive Awareness and Dream Themes
Individual differences in reported dream themes may reflect not only waking emotional and cognitive experiences but also characteristic ways of attending to, interpreting, and regulating bodily signals.
- Trial name
- NCT07716514
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 307 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan University
Somatic Symptoms, Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Mapping the Healthcare Pathway to Multidisciplinary Assessment of 12-25 Year Olds With Somatic Symptom Disorder
This study aims to describe the course of successive care events that follow individuals with somatic symptom disorder until they are assessed by a specialized multidisciplinary team.
- Conditions
- Somatic Symptoms, Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Somatoform Disorders
- Trial name
- PSOMA (NCT06582173)
- Testing
- Face-to-face interviews assisted by a biographical grid
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Constipation - Functional, Refractory Constipation
Predicting Treatment Outcomes in Refractory Constipation Through Brain Connectivity Evaluation
The goal of this observational study is to identify the characteristics of brain functional connectivity in refractory constipation and fluoxetine-sensitive patients.
- Conditions
- Constipation - Functional, Refractory Constipation, Fluoxetine, fMRI
- Trial name
- NCT06221722
- Testing
- BOLD-fMRI, Regular treatment of functional constipation, fluoxetine
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases
Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
Development of Online EMDR Therapy System and Its Comparative Testing With Face-to-Face EMDR Therapy for Treatment of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Pakistan
This study aims at developing an online system for the remote delivery of EMDR therapy in Pakistan. Moreover, this study will compare the efficacy of online EMDR therapy with face-to-face EMDR therapy.
- Conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Somatic Symptom
- Trial name
- NCT05785312
- Testing
- Online EMDR Therapy System, Face to Face Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khushal Khan Khattak Univeristy, Karak, Pakistan
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Internet-based Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Somatic Symptom Disorder
The main purpose of the study is to conduct an initial feasibility evaluation of the new Internet-based EAET treatment manual. We will include 50 patients with somatic symptom disorder to take part of the treatment for nine weeks…
- Trial name
- MBS1 (NCT04122846)
- Testing
- Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder
Somatic Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Data Integration
Autistic patients have higher rates of co-morbid somatic symptoms. Thus, compared to the general population, they experience more health-related concerns, such as autoimmune disease, gastrointestinal disease, cardiovascular…
- Trial name
- NCT05886361
- Testing
- No intervention involved
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Functional Disorder
Patient Education and Duloxetine, Alone and in Combination, for Patients With Multisystem Functional Somatic Disorder
The goal of this clinical trial is to test if patient education or duloxetine can be used to treat multisystem functional somatic disorder (FSD).
- Trial name
- EDULOX (NCT06232473)
- Testing
- Patient Education, Duloxetine, Enhanced usual care
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 424 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aarhus University Hospital
Irritable Bowel, Fibromyalgia
Psychiatric Disorders and Functional Somatic Disorders
The objectives of this study are: Firstly, to investigate the association between psychiatric disorders and functional somatic disorder (FSD).
- Conditions
- Irritable Bowel, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Bodily Distress Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT06006715
- Volunteers
- 7,493 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aarhus University Hospital
COVID-19, Psychosocial Stress
DIgital Online SuPport for COVID-19 StrEss
The COVID-19 pandemic leads to a greatly increased risk of substantial psychological stress worldwide. We intend to evaluate an online support program aiming at reducing stress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Psychosocial Stress, Mental Health
- Trial name
- DISPOSE (NCT04324190)
- Testing
- Guided online support program, WHO recommendations (waiting condition)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gunther Meinlschmidt
Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Sense of Coherence
Sense of Coherence and Empowerment at Patients With MUPS
This is a study on Metacognitive therapy in general practice in Norway. The intervention is a small pilot study to examine whether Metacognitive therapy is feasible in an ordinary general practice.
- Trial name
- NCT05121922
- Testing
- Metacognitive Therapy
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Somatic Symptom Disorders
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders: A Treatment Group and Mixed-Methods Investigation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a new cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) group for individuals with a somatic symptom disorder (i.e., Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders from the DSM-5).
- Trial name
- NCT03773354
- Testing
- Cognitive-behavioural therapy group for individuals with somatic symptom disorders
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Transition Shock, Nurses' Intention to Quit
Feasibility of Virtual Tai Chi Easy for Registered Nurses
This study will examine the feasibility of virtual Tai Chi Easy training for registered nurses and see if participation results in changes in symptoms of transition shock, healthcare-related psychological traumatic stress…
- Conditions
- Transition Shock, Nurses' Intention to Quit, Stress, Somatic Symptoms
- Trial name
- TCERN (NCT06423638)
- Testing
- Virtual Tai Chi Easy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Patient-reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Patients With Bodily Stress Syndrome: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study
This cohort study implements patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for patients with bodily stress syndrome in a clinic for functional disorders.
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Somatic Symptom, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Trial name
- SYMPA (NCT04667611)
- Testing
- Psychosocial interventions
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital