# Effect of Menstrual Cycle on Central Nervous System (CNS) Processing of Gut Stimuli in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Control

> **NCT00219531** · — · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Penn State University** · enrollment: 48 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Irritable Bowel Syndrome

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** perception of rectal balloon distention

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00219531
- **Lead sponsor:** Penn State University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 1999-03
- **Primary completion:** 2015-02
- **Final completion:** 2015-02
- **Target enrollment:** 48 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** inadequate number of patients, study completed with normal subjects
- **Last updated:** 2017-11-29

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00219531

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00219531, "Effect of Menstrual Cycle on Central Nervous System (CNS) Processing of Gut Stimuli in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Control". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00219531. Licensed CC0.

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