Status:
COMPLETED
The Effectiveness of Lng IUD for Treatment of the Patient Undergone Conservative Surgery for Pelvic Endometriosis
Lead Sponsor:
Mahidol University
Conditions:
Endometriosis
Pelvic Pain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
this study is to determine whether the frequency and severity of pelvic pain or dysmenorrhea are reduced in women with symptomatic endometriosis in whom a Lng IUD is inserted after operative laparosco...
Detailed Description
Endometriosis is a common cause of chronic pelvic pain.Laparoscopic surgery is often the treatment of choice for symptomatic disease and results are usually satisfactory but symptoms recur in 10-20% o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- women diagnosed endometriosis stage I-IV according to the revised American Society of Reproductive Medicine classification
- Moderate or severe pelvic pain or dysmenorrhea
- Undergoing conservative laparoscopic surgery
Exclusion
- Patients who have uterine or adnexal anomalies other than endometriosis (chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, leiomyomas, endometrial polyps, genital malformations, pelvic varices)
- using treatments for endometriosis other than paracetamol,nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs or narcotic derivative in the 3 months before study entry
- Unable to perform conservative surgery
- Patients who have contraindications to Lng IUD as defined by the World Health Organization (2004).
- Patients who are unwilling to tolerate menstrual changes.
- Plan to have children within 1 year
- Unable to evaluate pain with visual analogue scale
- unwilling to participate this project
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
54 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00455845
Start Date
April 1 2007
End Date
December 1 2009
Last Update
March 2 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Mahidol University
Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, Thailand, 10700