Warm Contrast Media for Pain Reduction During Hystersalpingography
- Conditions
- Infertility
- Registration Number
- NCT00391781
- Lead Sponsor
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center
- Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to compare between body-temperature to room-temperature contrast media used during hysterosalpingography. We hypothesize that warmed medium will reduce pain associated with the procedure.
- Detailed Description
Infertility occurs in about 15% of all couples. One of the common methods for evaluation of mechanical infertility is hysterosalpingography (HSG). Several reports have shown that this common procedure is associated with moderate pain, i.e. around 5 on a visual analog scale (VAS)of 1-10. It is therefore important to find modes for pain reduction for HSG. According to a report on sonohydrosonograpy, a similar technique using sonography, insertion of media warmed to body temperature into the uterus significantly reduced the pain during the procedure compared with media at room-temprature. The use of room-temperature media is the routine in our institution, as well as in many others. A comparison between the media at different temperatures has not been reported so far.
We plan to perform a prospective trial in which patients referred for HSG will be randomized to the procedure using either warmed or room-temperature media. we will asses pain levels using VAS during the procedure.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Diagnosis: infertility
- sex: female
- age: 18-45
- active pelvic inflammotory disease
- known sensitivity to contrast medium
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain level
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
women's health center, Ramot Eshkol
🇮🇱Jerusalem, Israel