Status:

TERMINATED

Newly Designed Vaginal Stent to Improve Patient Comfort and Healing Following Vaginal Surgery or Vaginal Radiation

Lead Sponsor:

Baylor College of Medicine

Collaborating Sponsors:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

BioTex, Inc.

Conditions:

Vaginal Stricture

Eligibility:

FEMALE

13-64 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Each year, females need surgery to create a vaginal canal or pelvic radiation to treat cancer. The result is often a narrowing or scarring of their vagina. To aid in healing a stent is often placed. H...

Detailed Description

After surgery or radiation to the vaginal area, a common patient risk is that their vaginal tissue sticks together and scars. This can cause the vaginal canal to narrow or shorten. This can occur in u...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria (healthy participants):
  • Not pregnant
  • participant consent or parent/guardian consent \& participant assent
  • Understand requirements of study
  • Agree to abide by study restrictions
  • Able to travel to Houston
  • Understand English or Spanish to a 5th grade level
  • No prior history of vaginal surgery or radiation
  • Inclusion Criteria (pediatric participants):
  • Not pregnant
  • participant consent or parent/guardian consent \& participant assent
  • Understand requirements of study
  • Agree to abide by study restrictions
  • Able to travel to Houston
  • Understand English or Spanish to a 5th grade level
  • Undergoing vaginal surgery
  • Inclusion Criteria (adult radiation participants):
  • Not pregnant
  • participant consent or parent/guardian consent \& participant assent
  • Understand requirements of study
  • Agree to abide by study restrictions
  • Able to travel to Houston
  • Understand English or Spanish to a 5th grade level
  • Undergoing vaginal brachytherapy
  • Exclusion Criteria (all arms):
  • Non-English or Spanish speaker
  • Pregnant
  • BMI \> 45
  • Diabetic neuropathy limiting use of hands
  • Other limited mobility of hands
  • Vaginismus
  • Urinary retention
  • Vaginal bacterial infection
  • Vaginal fungal infection
  • Allergies to stent materials
  • Seizure disorder
  • Pain with sexual intercourse or tampon insertion

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 5 2022

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    January 18 2023

    Estimated Enrollment :

    6 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04807387

    Start Date

    May 5 2022

    End Date

    January 18 2023

    Last Update

    August 6 2024

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    Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, Texas, United States, 77030