Actively Recruiting

Age: 8Years - 17Years
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers
NCT05945251

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

Led by Karolinska Institutet · Updated on 2025-09-03

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Participants Needed

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Research Sites

113 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

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Karolinska Institutet

Lead Sponsor

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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stockholm

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is 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?

CONDITIONS

Official Title

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

Who Can Participate

Age: 8Years - 17Years
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Children aged 8 to 17 years with functional abdominal pain disorders
  • Children with FAPDs have been offered treatment at BUP Internetbehandling for FAPDs
  • Children aged 8 to 17 years without FAPDs have not experienced recurrent or persistent pain every week during the last year
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Contraindications for MRI, including metal implants or metal objects in the body
  • Claustrophobia
  • Pregnancy

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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Karolinska Institutet

Stockholm, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 17177

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Research Team

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Maria Lalouni, PhD

CONTACT

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Viktor Vadenmark, MSc

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Masking

N/A

Allocation

N/A

Model

N/A

Primary Purpose

N/A

Number of Arms

2

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