Clinical Trial: Giardia Induced Fatigue and Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Abdominal Symptoms After Giardia Infection: Clinical Evaluation, Biomarkers, Risk Factors and the Effect of Intervention
Brief Summary:
A giardiasis outbreak in Bergen has given us the opportunity to approach two basic research questions of national and global importance:
- Studying the pathoimmunology of giardiasis in a natural setting, and following the genetic and immunological responses leading to recovery or persistent disease and sequelae.
- Studying the two disease entities FGID and CFS when induced by acute giardiasi and their risk factors.
- Interventional cognitive behavioural therapy is the only intervention documented to have significant effect on CFS outcome, and conventional cognitive behavioural therapy will be compared to a psycho-educational programme in the format of a randomised controlled trial.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: University of Bergen
Current Primary Outcome: Improvement minimum 6 points in Chalder Fatigue scale score [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
Original Secondary Outcome:
Information By: University of Bergen
Dates:
Date Received: March 11, 2009
Date Started: March 2009
Date Completion:
Last Updated: March 1, 2017
Last Verified: March 2017
