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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03319121
Date of registration: 18/10/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Public title: The Evaluation of Effectiveness Between Empirical and Guided Therapy for Unexplained Non-Cardiac Chest Pain
Scientific title: The Evaluation of Effectiveness Between Empirical and Guided Therapy for Unexplained Non-Cardiac Chest Pain
Date of first enrolment: March 2015
Target sample size: 68
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03319121
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Malaysia
Contacts
Name:     Yeong Yeh Lee, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Universiti Sains Malaysia
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Participants with chest pain but normal angiogram or a negative stress
test or normal electrocardiogram and cardiac enzyme.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participants with any medications that might affect the upper GI tract, previous
surgeries of the upper GI tract and a negative endoscopic examination for peptic ulcer
disease and upper GI tract malignancies

2. Participants with chronic, debilitating or life-threatening medical conditions and
presence of overt psychiatric or psychological disturbances.



Age minimum: 18 Months
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Non Cardiac Chest Pain
Intervention(s)
Drug: Guided therapy group
Drug: Empirical therapy group
Primary Outcome(s)
Non-cardiac chest pain symptoms assessed by visual analog scale (VAS) [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Non-cardiac chest pain symptoms assessed by quality of life in reflux and dyspepsia questionnaire (QOLRAD) [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Non-cardiac chest pain symptoms assessed by gastroesophageal reflux disease questionnaire (GERDQ) [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
14070265
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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