Duloxetine for the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain
Pelvis Pain ChronicThis study is examining the effectiveness of duloxetine as a treatment for chronic pelvic pain in women. Duloxetine is FDA approved for the treatment of other pain conditions, including fibromyalgia and diabetic neuropathy.
Open Label of Thalidomide in Treatment of Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain Associated With Endometriosis...
EndometriosisPatients will undergo a standard history and physical examination detailing objective clinical exam findings performed by one of the co-investigators. The research coordinator will obtain baseline values for intensity of pain, quality of life, and coping strategies. Baseline serum levels inflammatory markers will then be measured. Over the course of 12 weeks Thalidomide will be titrated as tolerated to achieve a minimum of a 30% reduction of pain on VAS from week 2.
Botulinum Toxin Type A for the Treatment of Male Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
Chronic Prostatitis With Chronic Pelvic Pain SyndromeProstatitisThe aim of this randomized placebo-controlled study is to demonstrate the efficiency and safety of the injection of Botulinum Toxin Type A (200 Units) into the external urethral sphincter for the treatment of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain.
Open-Label Study of Thalidomide for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain
Chronic ProstatitisPelvic PainTo determine the efficacy of thalidomide for treatment of the Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS).
Magnesium-Based Trigger Point Injections for Relief of Chronic Myofascial Pelvic Pain
Pelvic PainThis study will be a randomized, controlled, double-blinded, single-centre superiority trial with two parallel groups. The primary outcome will be average myofascial pelvic pain in the two weeks following final injection treatment as assessed using the visual analogue scale. Randomization will be performed as block randomization with a 1:1 allocation ratio, stratified based on opioid use at the time of study enrollment. In total, 60 participants will be recruited and randomized, with 30 being assigned to each treatment arm. The study will be restricted such that none of the participants enrolled will be current concomitant opioid users (for any reason) and will not have used opioid drugs within the 3 months preceding enrollment in the study. A third non-randomized arm of 30 participants who are on the waiting list for the chronic pain clinic will be enrolled and compared to the two randomized arms. Among this patient population and in the setting of the Chronic Pain Clinic it was determined that it would not be acceptable to randomize participants to a no-treatment control group. As such, an active treatment is being used as comparator in the randomized trial. In order to assess participants in the absence of treatment this third non-randomized arm will serve as a no-treatment control group. Eligibility criteria for this third arm is the same as the main study, except for the restriction by opioid use status. Participation in this third arm will not exclude a participant from randomization into one of the two main arms of the study. Therefore, across the three arms, up to 90 patients will be enrolled in this study.
Study of Electro-kinetically Modified Water for the Treatment of Pain Associated With Endometriosis...
Pelvic PainThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of electro-kinetically modified water (EMW) beverage, consumed twice daily (BID) for 3 months in the management of endometriosis associated pain, and to evaluate the effect of EMW consumption on analgesic use for endometriosis associated pain.
Botox for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS)
ProstatitisChronic Pain SyndromeThe objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intraprostatic injection of Botox for the treatment of men diagnosed with chronic nonbacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).
Emsella Chair Versus Sham for the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain
Pelvic PainThe purpose of this clinical trial is to compare the Emsella Chair therapy to Sham and to determine whether electromagnetic technology is effective in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain. Currently there are no other studies utilizing the Emsella Chair for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain. Eligible subjects will receive 2 treatments per week for a total of 4 weeks.
A Safety & Efficacy Study of BGS649 in Women With Refractory Endometriosis
Pelvic Pain Associated With Refractory EndometriosisThe purpose of this study is to determine efficacy, safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of multiple doses of BGS649 with concurrent daily administration of combined oral contraception in patients with refractory endometriosis
JALYN for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome...
Benign Prostatic HyperplasiaChronic ProstatitisBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) describes a common medical condition in men over 45 associated with voiding (obstructive) and storage (irritative) lower urinary tract symptoms and is in part related to prostate enlargement and obstruction. The standard medical therapy for this condition includes 5-alpha reductase inhibitors -5ARI (eg dutasteride) or alpha blocker therapy (eg tamsulosin), while the most effective medical therapy for BPH is the combination of these two medications. Approximately 10 to 20% of patients diagnosed with BPH also have either a diagnosis of or symptoms of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) with typical genito-urinary pain and discomfort. This particular subset of patients of BPH patients with prostatitis symptoms pose a therapeutic dilemma. CP/CPPS (organ specific phenotype) is the third most prevalent prostate disease after prostate cancer and BPH. CP/CPPS is very prevalent (3-9% of men) and represents a significant percentage of urology outpatients (3-8% of male outpatient visits)resulting in a major impact on quality of life of patients and economic costs to society. Clinical phenotyping allows for prediction of the patients with CP/CPPS most likely to respond to dutasteride and tamsulosin (age, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms [LUTS] and prostate related phenotypes [BPH]). It can be estimated that up to 30% of men currently diagnosed with CP/CPPS will include men with co-existing Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) We propose to determine the efficacy of JALYN (dutasteride-tamsulosin combination) in the amelioration of prostatitis symptoms in men diagnosed with CP/CPPS who have the following clinical phenotype; age = 45 years, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS), enlarged prostate and Organ (prostate) specific symptoms (eg. BPH and CP/CPPS).