Clinical Trial: Efficacy of Acupuncture on Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women With Endometriosis or Adenomyosis
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Efficacy of Acupuncture on Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women With Endometriosis or Adenomyosis : A Preliminary Study
Brief Summary: The purpose of ths study is to determine the efficacy of acupuncture on chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis or adenomyosis.
Detailed Summary: Chronic pelvic pain(CPP) is a common disease among women, and its prevalence ranges from 4 to 25 percent. There are various conditions associated with CPP, including gynecologic, urologic and gastointestinal problems. Endometriosis is the most common diagnosis made at the time of gynecological laparoscopy performed to evaluate CPP. Treatments of CPP with endometriosis include medical(analgesics, oral contraceptive pills, gonadotropin releasing hormone(GnRH) agonist, etc.), surgical and combined treatment. Progestins, danazol, estrogen-progestin pills, or GnRH agonists are commonly used as a concurrent treatment along with surgery. However, a systematic review on the comparison of postsurgical hormonal suppression to surgery alone concluded that, while postoperative medical therapy decreased recurrence rates, there was no significant benefit on the outcomes of pain and pregnancy rates. Therefore there is a need for postoperaive medical therapy for pain relief. In this study, the investigators propose a randomized, sham-controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of acupuncture as a pain control for the patients dignosed endometriosis during laparoscopic surgery due to CPP, and have been on 6 month-scheduled GnRH agonist treatment as a postoperative treatment.
Sponsor: East West Neo Medical Center
Current Primary Outcome: Chages in Visual Analogue Scale of subjective Pelvic Pain [ Time Frame: 7wks ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: Health-related Quality of Life [ Time Frame: 7wks ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: East West Neo Medical Center
Dates:
Date Received: December 13, 2010
Date Started: December 2010
Date Completion: September 2011
Last Updated: December 13, 2010
Last Verified: October 2010
