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Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain Due to Endometriosis by Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation

RecruitingNAAges 15 Years - anyFemaleHopital Foch
NCT04177511 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

6-10% of women of childbearing age suffer from endometriosis, which is mainly manifested by dysmenorrhea, non-menstrual pelvic pain and dyspareunia. Several treatment strategies, including surgical ones, are proposed but they are sometimes insufficient because endometriosis-related pain is frequently accompanied by sensitization. Endometriosis surgery, when indicated, is therefore changeably effective, even though the lesions have been completely resected. Patients therefore consult Pain Units seeking for the effective treatment as the pain persist even after surgical management of endometriosis. Vagus nerve stimulation is a non-invasive technique that includes an anti-inflammatory effect and a modulation of neurotransmitter production (adrenaline, norepinephrine; serotonin, acetylcholine). Yuan and Silberstein published a general review on the technique. Migraine and depression are one

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Women aged \>= 15 years * With chronic pelvic pain and/ or dysmenorrhoea and/ or dyspareunia * Who has been cared for by a gynecologist in one of the institutions participating in the study * Diagnosed with endometriosis * Having signed an informed written consent * Affiliated to a health insurance scheme Exclusion Criteria: * contraindication to the use of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (cardiac pathology, asthmatic patient) * pregnant or breastfeeding women * patient undergoing in vitro fertilization * associated pathology requiring long-term analgesic treatment * patient with atria trans vagal neurostimulation in the 12 months prior to inclusion * patient deprived of liberty or under guardianship
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What it tests

  • Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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Where

1 site
Hopital Foch
Suresnes, France
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