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NCT06687616
RCT of VR Therapy for IBS
NA trial testing SynerGI in IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome in 73 participants. Completed in 25 November 2025.
21 November 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Christopher Almario |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | triple |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 73 |
| Start date | 26 February 2025 |
| Primary completion | 21 November 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 25 November 2025 |
| Sites | 2 locations across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- SynerGI
- Sham VR
Conditions studied
- IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome — all drugs for IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome →
Sponsor
Christopher Almario
Who can join
10 and older, any sex, with IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Through a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT), the aim is to test the clinical impact and feasibility of a virtual reality (VR) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program versus sham VR among patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It is hypothesized that using VR-administered CBT may reduce abdominal pain, leading to improved overall physical, psychological, and social functioning when compared to sham VR.
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06687616 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Christopher Almario
- Last refreshed: 8 December 2025
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