ICBT for Children With FAPDs - the Child's Pain Regulation

Karolinska Institute

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05945251

20223238

Details and patient eligibility

About

Functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) in children are common (14%) and abdominal pain has increased rapidly in children during the last ten years in Sweden. Many children with FAPDs have low quality of life, missed school days, and about 30-40% suffer from psychiatric comorbidity. FAPDs are often sustained into adulthood and a large Swedish cohort study showed that abdominal pain during childhood is an independent strong predictor anxiety and depression later in life. Internet-cognitive behavioral therapy (Internet-CBT) can improve FAPD symptoms, but a significant number of children does not respond to the treatment.

We will here determine the pain regulation in children with FAPDs, compared with healthy controls, and assess:

What aspects of the child's pain regulation is related to improvement for children with FAPDs engaging in Internet-CBT?

Does some aspects of the child's pain regulation change during treatment?

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Children 8-17 years with FAPDs: Have been offered treatment at BUP Internetbehandling for FAPDs.

Children 8-17 years without FAPDs: Not affected by recurrent (every week) or persistant pain during the last year.

Exclusion criteria

Contraindication for MR (metal implant or metal object in body, claustrophobia, pregnancy)

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

FAPDs

Description:

Children 8-17 years with FAPDs

Treatment:

Other: Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy

Controls

Description:

Children 8-17 years without FAPDs