Active clinical trials for "Endometriosis"

The purpose of this investigational study is to determine if a study medication is safe and effective in reducing the symptoms associated with endometriosis; if the study medication reduces the need for pain medication for endometriosis symptoms; and if the study medication improves a participant's ability to carry out daily activities. Qualified participants will receive no cost treatment, which may include study-related examinations, diagnostic procedures including a Pap smear, laboratory testing, and a mammogram (aged 40-45). Qualified participants will also receive study medication at no cost. As a participant, the study volunteer may also experience the satisfaction of knowing she is helping the advancement of women's health care.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of gefapixant (MK-7264) in premenopausal female participants with moderate to severe endometriosis-related pain. The primary hypothesis: gefapixant is superior to placebo in reducing the average daily pelvic pain score (cyclic and non-cyclic, combined) during Treatment Cycle 2.

In two double blinded randomized controlled trials (RCT) we will study the effect of pain reduction of melatonin vs placebo in women with severe dysmenorrhea and women with endometriosis.The aim is to find an effective method for pelvic pain caused by dysmenorrhea and endometriosis.The primary outcome is reduction of pain in patients with dysmenorrhea and endometriosis respectively when treated with melatonin vs placebo. Secondary outcomes include the effect on daily life, quality of life and cognition. Sleep will also be assessed to evaluate its potential relation to quality of life and cognition.

The investigators propose to conduct a randomized behavioral trial that will produce a clinically useful multi-level integrative medicine model to be used in stress- and inflammation-related disorders that can easily be implemented with current pharmacological interventions to alleviate pain and improve QoL.

Current endometriosis therapy is based on interrupting the menstrual cycle and suppression of estrogen synthesis in order to induce atrophy of endometrial tissue. Progestins, oral contraceptives, androgenic agents, aromatase inhibitors, gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues all play a role in the treatment of endometriosis. However, none of these treatments can definitely cure the disease and they require long-term use despite the side effects of the drug. It is clear that new treatment methods are needed for this disease, and therefore many different new treatment methods are being investigated. Some of the treatment methods have focused on inhibiting angiogenesis and inflammation, which seems to play an important role in the progression of the disease. In the present study, it was investigated whether ezetimibe which is a cholesterol absorption inhibitor with anti-inflammatory and antiangiogenic properties, has therapeutic effect on endometriosis in an experimental rat model.

Rectal endometriosis (RE) induces lesions associated with painful symptoms that can alter quality of life. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is a non-invasive ablative procedure using a high-intensity ultrasound probe to induce tissue devitalization using acoustic cavitation and thermal ablation. Focal One® is a transrectal HIFU device, which is validated to treat prostatic cancer. The primary objective of this clinical investigation is to evaluate the safety of the HIFU treatment of rectal endometriosis with Focal One® HIFU device.

This study aimed to assess the effects of dydrogesterone on sexual function in women with endometriosis using Female Function Sexual Index (FSFI).

Endometriosis, a chronic gynecological disorder associated with pain and infertility, is a common condition affecting approximately one in ten women. Up to 50% of patients with endometriosis have ovarian endometriomas (or "chocolate cysts"). These cysts directly impact fertility and ovarian reserve (ie. ability to have children) and can cause additional symptoms in women such as added pain, discomfort, and surgical emergencies (cyst rupture, or more rarely twisting). While endometriomas tend to require surgical excision as a solution, medical management with a variety of medications has been shown to be effective in reducing their size. Medical management (ie. medications and treatments that don't involve surgery) to reduce cyst size can help relieve symptoms either as a long term solution, before fertility treatments, or temporarily until surgery can be offered. Because the COVID-19 pandemic caused significantly reduced access to surgery and resources, medical management has become important for relief of the overburdened healthcare network. The purpose of this study is to see how effective Estetrol/drospirenone, a combined oral contraceptive (COC), is in the reduction of ovarian endometriomas after a 3- and 6-month period of treatment. Women 18 years of age or older with at least one ovarian endometrioma, of at least 3cm, who elect to start estetrol/drospirenone after usual counselling on medical options, will be recruited for the study. Consenting participants of the study will take Estetrol/drospirenone once daily, by mouth for a 6 month duration. An ultrasound assessment of ovarian endometrioma(s) will be performed before starting the study, and will be repeated at 3-months and 6-months time. At each of these hospital visits (0, 3 & 6 months), participants will have their weight and blood pressure measured, and with a research coordinator, they will complete questionnaires regarding their endometriosis symptoms, compliance and incidence of any adverse effects.

Design: Prospective interventional study. 69 women with OE were evaluated clinically and by transvaginal ultrasonography (TUV). AEST procedure was performed and the collected aspirate and pre-procedural blood samples were collected for estimation of cytokines' levels. At 6-m post-procedure, clinical evaluation and TUV were repeated and serum cytokines' levels were re-estimated.

The purpose of this study is to determine the benefit and safety of relugolix 40 milligrams (mg) once daily, co-administered with low-dose estradiol (E2) and norethindrone acetate (NETA) compared with placebo for 24 weeks, on dysmenorrhea and on nonmenstrual pelvic pain.