Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:26 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:26 AM
NCT ID:
NCT06537258
Brief Summary:
The goals of this study are to test the effectiveness of a virtually delivered, group-based coping skills treatment program incorporating heart rate variability biofeedback to target autonomic dysfunction in youth diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The investigators will enroll participants with IBD in a biofeedback enhanced cognitive behaviorally based coping skills treatment. Participants will be randomized to biofeedback enhanced treatment or wait-list control.
Detailed Description:
The goals of this study are to test the effectiveness of a virtually delivered, group-based coping skills treatment program incorporating heart rate variability biofeedback to target autonomic dysfunction in youth diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Patients are youth ages 13-18 recruited through IBD clinics at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Enrollment will include up to 128 children with at least 1 parent. This study will last 7-months and will have 4 in person study visits, lasting about 1 hour each, as well as 6 virtual treatment sessions lasting about 45 minutes each.
Study procedures will include surveys, chart/record review, blood sampling, and non-invasive assessments of psychophysiological functioning. Stool samples will be collected and stored. Informed consent and assent will be obtained in-person or remote signed.
Study:
NCT06537258
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06537258