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LAparoscopic Preventive PRErectal Mesh

Non-inferiority Randomized Double Blind Controlled Trial Comparing Results of Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy With or Without Preventive Prerectal Mesh in Women Operated for Urogenital Prolapse Without Significant Posterior Vaginal Wall Prolapse

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03766048
Acronym
LAPREM
Enrollment
834
Registered
2018-12-05
Start date
2019-09-11
Completion date
2026-12-01
Last updated
2026-05-22

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Conditions

Urogenital Prolapse

Keywords

Urogenital prolapse, laparoscopic sacropexy, mesh, medico-economic study

Brief summary

Urogenital prolapse is a frequent and invalidating pathology in women, involving the anterior vaginal wall and the uterus in most cases. Posterior vaginal wall prolapse is present in only 50% of cases. Surgery is an option for women with troublesome prolapse. A woman's lifetime risk of undergoing surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery by the age of 80 is around 19%. Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LS) with synthetic non-absorbable mesh is considered the gold standard, with a composite success rate of 85% at one year (Prospere study). Based on early experience and historical habits, a prerectal mesh was used to be systematically placed in the rectovaginal space, in addition to the anterior and apical mesh placed in the vesicovaginal space, in order to prevent de-novo posterior prolapse (reported rates up to 33%). The benefit of preventive prerectal mesh is questionned on the basis of a single retrospective study comparing 68 LS with double-mesh (anterior & posterior, DM) to 32 LS with a single anterior mesh (SAM): posterior recurrence rates were respectively 5.9 vs. 31.3% (p\<0,01), and total recurrence rates 16.2 vs. 43.8% (p\<0.01). However, as this difference was not significant in the subgroup of patients without associated cervicocystopexy, the authors concluded that the risk of posterior failure was only due to the cervicocystopexy itself (anti-urinary incontinence procedure which has been abandoned since). On the other hand, a prerectal mesh increases the risk for specific complications: rectal injury (up to 3%), anal pain (up to 25%), mesh exposition (up to 2%). Furthermore the posterior mesh increases the procedure by a minimum of 30 minutes (Robolaps study, unpublished data). The rate of de-novo obstructed defecation after LS with prerectal mesh is reported up to 25%. It could be explained by the mesh itself, but also by nerve injuries during the dissection of the rectovaginal space and rectal stalks.

Interventions

PROCEDURESingle-Anterior-Mesh, SAM

laparoscopic sacropexy is only performed with the anterior mes

PROCEDUREDouble-Mesh, DM

laparoscopic sacropexy is performed using two synthetic non-absorbable meshes, both sutured to the promontory (Double-Mesh, DM): one mesh is placed in the vesicovaginal space and sutured to the uterine cervix or vaginal apex, and one mesh is placed in the rectovaginal space

Sponsors

University Hospital, Lille
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
40 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Women with a urogenital prolapse (anterior wall and/or uterus or vaginal apex) stage = 2 (Ba and/or C points ≥ - 1 cm using the POP-Q system), * without significant posterior vaginal wall prolapse (Bp \< -1 cm when apical prolapse is reduced using a retractor leaving the posterior vaginal wall free),

Exclusion criteria

* Previous surgical repair for Pelvic Organ Prolapse * Any associated prolapse requiring any non-authorized additional surgical repair (Authorized additional surgical procedures are hysterectomy, ovariectomy, adnexectomy, salpingectomy, myomectomy, or suburethral vaginal tape.) * Wish for future pregnancy * Lack of health insurance * Woman not reading French or unable to consent * Woman under law protection

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Composite criteria of success at 2 years follow-upat 2 years after the interventionComposite criteria of success at 2 years follow-up: no symptom of vaginal bulge, no prolapse beyond the hymen (\>0 cm), no reintervention for prolapse recurrence. Its advantage is that it considers only recurrences that are symptomatic or needing a reintervention. It is strongly linked with women satisfaction after prolapse surgery.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Anatomical resultsat 2 yearsAnatomical results will be based on clinical evaluation of patients at 2 years follow-up using the POP-Q system, with a specific evaluation of posterior vaginal wall with measures of the Bp point

Countries

France

Contacts

CONTACTJean-Philippe LUCOT, MD,PhD
lucot.jean-philippe@ghicl.net(0)3 21 45 62
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJean-Philippe LUCOT, MD,PhD

University Hospital, Lille

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 23, 2026