Active clinical trials for "Pelvic Organ Prolapse"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the success rate of cystocele repair using polypropylene mesh or porcine dermis compared to that of anterior colporrhaphy in a prospective randomized fashion. The study will be performed in a randomized, prospective, single-blinded fashion.

The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training in the management of pelvic organ prolapse in women.

The purpose of this study is to compare transvaginal mesh repair to traditional native tissue repair in women surgically treated for anterior and/or apical pelvic organ prolapse.

To compare transvaginal repair with a biologic graft to traditional native tissue repair in women surgically treated for anterior and/or apical pelvic organ prolapse.

The primary objective of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of MatriStem Pelvic Floor Matrix as compared to native tissue repair for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. Patients are evaluated throughout a 3 year follow-up period.

The study is carried out at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the patient population consists of women referred with symptomatic and bothersome post-hysterectomy vaginal vault prolapse at least 1 cm above or beyond the hymeneal remnants. The interventions are either vaginal sacrospinousfixation or laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy following randomization to one of the types of surgery. The primary outcome is anatomical failure based on clinical assessment. Failure is defined clinically, according to the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification system, as Ba, C or Bp at the hymen or below on maximum Valsalva maneuver one and two years after the surgery. Secondary outcomes are evaluation of continence, sexual function and prolapse symptoms based on validated questionnaires 1, 2, 5 and 10 years after the surgery.

Optimal pelvic floor muscle function is known to assist bladder and bowel function and control, pelvic organ support, as well as other areas of health. It is also known that problems in some of tehse areas can be a consequence of pelvic surgery. By addressing the requirements for good bladder and bowel function/control, and organ support in the early post-surgery phase when tissue repair and scar formation are critical, it is proposed that there will be a rduction in the longterm prevalence of bladder problems, bowel difficulties and weakened pelvic floor and abdominal muscles in post-surgery patients. This study is a randomised controlled trial to compare patients undergoing a physiotherapy-supervised pelvic floor muscle training and behavioural therapy program with a control group. It is hypothesised that at the 12 month post-operative follow-up assessment, the treatment group will demonstrate better outcomes in bladder and bowel function and control, as well as stronger pelvic floor muscle contractile strength than the control group.

Surgery for Stage II-III Pelvic organ prolapse

Observatory of Materiovigilance After Surgery of Urinary Incontinence or Prolapse in Women Implantable medical devices (meshes) used in pelvic organ prolapse surgery (genital prolapse, rectal prolapse), or incontinence surgery may be source of severe complications.

This is a prospective trial to investigate optimal timing of care for vaginal pessaries. A vaginal pessary is a silicone device that is placed in the vagina to support the pelvic organs of a woman who has pelvic organ prolapse. Some women are willing and able to remove their own pessary on a regular basis. In women who are either unwilling or unable to remove their own pessary, complete pessary care is provided in the urogynecology office. Complete pessary care involves regular removal and cleaning of the pessary with a vaginal examination. In our practice, the investigators typically remove vaginal pessaries and examine the vagina every 3 months in patients for whom the investigators provide complete pessary care. Interval of pessary removal varies widely between practitioners. In the literature, removal intervals vary from weekly to yearly. In this study, the investigators will randomize participants to pessary care with removal every 12 weeks or every 24 weeks.