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Last refreshed on: 11 January 2021
Main ID:  NCT02769052
Date of registration: 06/05/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Campinas, Brazil
Public title: TENS Self-applied in the Complementary Treatment of Deep Endometriosis tici_mira
Scientific title: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Self-applied as Complementary Treatment for Pain and Its Impact on Quality of Life and Sexuality of Women With Deep Endometriosis: Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: June 2016
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02769052
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Ticiana AA Mira, MSc
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Affiliation:  University of Campinas
Name:     Cristina L Benetti-Pinto, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Campinas
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Women at reproductive age;

- 18 and 50 years;

- diagnosis of deep endometriosis (cul-de-sac and intestinal lesions);

- using hormonal treatment at least 3 months;

- persistence of chronic pelvic pain and/or dyspareunia.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Women with decreased skin sensitivity;

- pregnant women;

- women with pacemaker implants;

- cutaneous hypersensitivity (allergic reactions to gel or electrode);

- women with epilepsy;

- cardiac (cardiac arrhythmia);

- osteosynthesis in the application place;

- a solution of discontinuity of the skin;

- malignant tumors;

- acute inflammatory disease;

- other gynecological associated pathologies;

- a cognitive deficiency that precludes the understanding of instruments and/or
instructions for self-applied of TENS.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Endometriosis
Intervention(s)
Device: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
Primary Outcome(s)
Improvement of Pelvic Pain [Time Frame: up to one year]
Improvement of Pain during the relation [Time Frame: up to one year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Improvement of The global pain [Time Frame: up to one year]
Improvement of Sexuality [Time Frame: up to one year]
Improvement of Quality of life [Time Frame: up to one year]
Secondary ID(s)
51799115.3.1001.5404
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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