A double blinded randomised controlled study on the effect of laparoscopic excision on endometriosis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Endometriosis / pelvic pain; Surgery - Surgical techniques; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Menstruation and menopause

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000251921
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Jason Abbott

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-03-08
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

Pelvic pain (of greater than six months duration) with suspected endometriosis
Examination findings suggestive of endometriosis
AUltrasound findings suggestive of an endometrioma.
BRectal ultrasound findings suggestive of infiltrative endometriosis such as uterosacral or rectal wall involvement.
CPrevious diagnostic or operative laparoscopy with visual suggestion of, or biopsy proven, disease.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Suspected diagnosis of gynaecological malignancy or its precursors.
2.Current or chronic relapsing pelvic inflammatory disease.
3.Current pregnancy.
4.Infertility and endometriosis without pelvic pain.
5.Unable to give informed consent.
6.Unable or unwilling to attend for both surgeries and for follow-up to twelve months.
7.No histological confirmation of endometriosis.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified