Evaluation of Pain During Hysterosalpingography With The Use Of Balloon Catheter Versus Metal Cannula

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02020733

Enrollment

194

Registered

2013-12-25

Start date

2012-06-30

Completion date

2013-02-28

Last updated

2013-12-25

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Conditions

Pain During Hysterosalpingography

Keywords

Hysterosalpingography, balloon catheter, metal cannula, pain assessment

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to compare the metal cannula routinely used in our clinical practice with intrauterine hysterosalpingography catheter as a probable alternative device in a prospective, single-blinded, randomized study.

Interventions

DEVICEBalloon catheter

DEVICEmetal cannula

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 47 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Women aged between 18-47 years, * applying for basic infertility evaluation to the Reproductive Endocrinology unit

Exclusion criteria

* The patients with a known hypersensitivity to iodine or radio-opaque contrast dye, * vaginal bleeding, * genital malignancy and * any sign of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) were excluded

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
the degree of pain experienced during the procedure	1 hour after the procedure	The primary outcome was the degree of pain experienced during the procedure, pain was evaluated with the Wong Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (WBS), which ranked the pain from 0 to 5.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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