Preoperative Staging of Endometriosis With MRI

Prospective Evaluation of the Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a One-stop-shop for Preoperative Stratification of Patients With Complexe Endometriosis - Imaging Deep Endometriosis Assessment Versus Laparoscopy.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01939535

Acronym

IDEAL

Enrollment

120

Registered

2013-09-11

Start date

2013-09-30

Completion date

2017-12-07

Last updated

2017-12-08

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Conditions

Endometriosis

Keywords

Endometriosis, Magnetic resonance imaging

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the value of MRI in preoperative stratification of endometriosis patients needing surgical approach by gynaecologists only or multidisciplinary approach by gynaecologists, urologists or/and abdominal surgeons.

Detailed description

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the value of MRI in preoperative stratification of endometriosis patients needing either a surgical approach by gynaecologists only or multidisciplinary approach by gynaecologists, urologists or/and abdominal surgeons.

Interventions

OTHERNo intervention

Evaluation of an imaging technique ic MRI

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Women with strong suspicion of deep infiltrating endometriosis, with already planned surgery

Exclusion criteria

* Contra-indications for MRI; claustrophobic patients; patients in bad condition; pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Odds of changed surgical approach in deep endometriosis based on preoperative MRI findings.	All the imaging findings will be checked during a laparoscopy the latest 80 weeks after the imaging examinations.	All endometriosis lesions found on MRI will be checked during laparoscopy in order to determine how the MRI findings might have changed the decision to do a surgical approach by gynaecologists only or multidisciplinary approach by gynaecologists, urologists or/and abdominal surgeons, and this compared to the conventional preoperative imaging approach (double contrast barium enema, intravenous urography and ultrasound.

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026