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Endometriosis and Pain

New Perioperative and Non-pharmacological Practices in Endometriosis at the Crossroad of Gynecology and Chronic Pain

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03993197
Acronym
EndoDOL
Enrollment
91
Registered
2019-06-20
Start date
2019-12-11
Completion date
2025-06-02
Last updated
2025-06-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Endometriosis

Keywords

Endometriosis, Pain, group management, quality of life

Brief summary

Endometriosis is a condition affecting about 10% of childbearing age women. It can begin a few months to a few years after puberty. It causes abdominal and pelvic pain that can be extremely debilitating, affecting the quality of patients life by affecting sexuality and fertility. Psychological repercussions are very important and underestimated. Patient care focuses most often on the organ pathology treatment . This study proposes to evaluate a multidisciplinary patient care by insisting on anatomo-physiological pain management, psychological and bodily, in the perioperative phase. The main objective is to evaluate benefit of psychological and corporal group management on the overall quality of life of patients with severe endometriosis in terms of endometriotic damage and/or functional and painful repercussions, requiring surgery, before or after this study

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPsychological and corporal group management

After inclusion, patient will be divided into groups of 6 or 8 patients either in pre-operative or post-operative phase. Patient care will take place entirely in pre-operative or post-operative phase. Each group will benefit of six one hour and a half sessions. The frequency is established as follows: * First week a session of Body Strategy © * Second week a psychological session with group of speech (Photolanguage ©). * Third week is a break Then the cycle currently described is repeated, for a total of 6 alternate sessions

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients \>=18 years * Patients with deep endometriosis according to the CNGOF (collège national des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens Français) and/or chronic pain related to endometriosis according to doctor's evaluation and to the definitions of IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain) and HAS (French National Authority for Health) in treatment failure despite appropriate medical or surgical management of endometriosis * Patients with social security * Patients willing to come to all study visits * Patients who signed their informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Patients unable to participate in group care: * Patients with social phobia assessed during the inclusion interview * Patients with psychiatric disorders of a psychotic nature: delirium, hallucination, incoherent thoughts * Patients with behavioral disorders of hetero-aggressive or self-aggressive type oPatients with a handicap that prevents them following the physical and psychological group sessions (speech disorders, hearing, visual or practical) * Pregnant women * Patients planning a change (stop, start) during the study of their psychological management in their current care path. * Patients planning a change (stop, start) during the study of their treatment by non-medicinal techniques (auriculo-acupuncture, relaxation and self-hypnosis, transcutaneous neurostimulation by TENS) * Patients suffering from other severe or chronic somatic diseases associated with endometriosis * Patients with cognitive disorders * Patients with analgesics addiction (psychoactive substances, morphine substances, etc.) * Patients protected by law (under guardianship / trusteeship) * Patients participating in another interventional research that may interfere with the protocol results

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evolution of Physical Component Score (PCS) assessed by the Medical Outcome Study Short Form -36 (MOS SF 36) scaleat 3 monthsThe Physical Composite Score (PCS) is based on four physical dimensions of quality of life and involves 8 components (Physical Functioning, Role Physical, Bodily Pain,General Health, Vitality, Social Functioning,Mental Health and Emotional Role). The evolution of the PCS is measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The PCS score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evolution of overall pain: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)at 3 monthsEvolution of overall pain assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) between the beginning (T0) and the end of patient care (T0 + 3 months) The VAS allows patients to rate their pain in an objective and comparable measure. This allows a quantitative evaluation of intensity of pain and trace evolution of the symptomatology in the same subject. The VAS ranges from 0 to 10, 0 for no pain, 10 for maximum pain.
Comparison of painful location on the body pain schema, before/after patient careat 3 monthsComparison of painful location (circle by the patient on the body schema) before (T0)/after patient care (T0 + 3 months). Since endometriosis is synonymous with chronic and specific chronic pain (dyspareunia, dyschesia, cystalgia, for example), the body pain schema is a complementary tool in measurements, where the patient precisely surrounds the painful location (localizations of pain) and their extensions on a body schema,
Comparison of area of pain on the body pain schema, before/after patient careat 3 monthsComparison of area of pain (circle by the patient on the body schema), before (T0)/after patient care (T0 + 3 months). Area of each pain location will be calculated using the Geocalcul.Plus software and will be compared between the beginning (T0) and the end of patient care (T0 + 3 months).
Comparison of results of the interview scheduleat 3 monthsComparison of results of the interview schedule before (T0) and after patient care (T0 + 3 months). Interview schedule examines two dimensions : * Inter-individual: couple quality of life, sex life * Intra-individual: self-image/body image, infertility, emotional life, pre or postoperative felt
Evolution of analgesics consumptionat 3 monthsConsumption of analgesics at the end of the treatment (T0 + 3 months) is self-evaluated by the patient: decreased / stable / increased.
number of painful crisesat 3 monthsNumber of painful crises is the comparison of seizures number in the month preceding treatment with seizures number in the last month of care
Evolution of the Vitality (VT) score of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the Vitality (VT) score is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The VT score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.
Evolution of the Social Function (SF) score of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the Social Function (SF) score is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The SF score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.
Evolution of pain: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)at 3 monthsEvolution of pain assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) between the beginning (T0) and the end of patient care (T0 + 3 months), in different body areas (back - abdomen - pelvic area - others) The VAS allows patients to rate their pain in an objective and comparable measure. This allows a quantitative evaluation of intensity of pain and trace evolution of the symptomatology in the same subject. The VAS ranges from 0 to 10, 0 for no pain, 10 for maximum pain.
Evolution of the Role Emotional (RE) score of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the Role Emotional (RE) score is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The RE score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.
Evolution of the Physical Function (PF) score of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the Physical Function (PF) score is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The PF score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.
Evolution of the Role Physical (RP) score of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the Role Physical (RP) score is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The RP score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.
Evolution of the Bodily Pain (BP) score of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the Bodily Pain (BP) score is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The BP score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.
Evolution of the General Health (GH) score of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the General Health (GH) score is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The GH score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.
Evolution of the Health Thinking (HT) score of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the Health Thinking (HT) score is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The HT score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.
Evolution of the Mental Component Score (MCS) of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the Mental Component Score (MCS) is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The MCS ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.
Evaluation of the patient compliance with group management sessionsat 3 monthsThe collection of the number of group sessions performed by the patient allows assessment of patient compliance with group management sessions. This evaluation allows to assess potential biases due to poor compliance in the final analysis.
Evolution of the Mental Health (MH) score of the MOS SF36 score, before/after treatmentat 3 monthsThe evolution of the Mental Health (MH) score is determined by the MOS SF36 and measured between T0, start of care, and the end of care (at T0 + 3 months). The MH score ranges from 0 to 100, a higher score being associated with a better quality of life.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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