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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00876057
Date of registration: 03/04/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Linkoeping
Public title: Psychological Well-being, Recovery and Sexuality After Total and Subtotal Hysterectomy
Scientific title: Subtotal Versus Total Abdominal Hysterectomy- a Prospective Randomised Comparison of Medical , Psychological and Sexual Effects.
Date of first enrolment: March 1998
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00876057
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Pär Persson, MD
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Affiliation:  University Hospital, Linköping
Name:     Preben Kjölhede, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  University Hospital, Linköping
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Primarily uterine fibroids with bleeding disturbance or mechanical symptoms but other
benign disorders were hysterectomy was recommended were also eligible

- After surgery at least one ovary preserved.

- Informed verbal and written consent

- Proficiency in Swedish

Exclusion Criteria:

- Malignancy in the genital organs.

- Previous or present cervical dysplasia.

- Rapidly growing fibroids where malignancy could not be ruled out

- Preoperative treatment with GnRH analogues.

- Postmenopausal women without hormone therapy

- Severe psychiatric disorder



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hysterectomy
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Total abdominal hysterectomy
Procedure: Subtotal abdominal hysterectomy
Primary Outcome(s)
Psychological well-being [Time Frame: One year after surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Patient reported symptoms of pelvic organ dysfunction [Time Frame: 7-14 years]
Sexuality [Time Frame: One year]
Pelvic organ prolapse (anatomical) [Time Frame: 7-14 years]
Recovery of general well-being [Time Frame: Five weeks after surgery]
Secondary ID(s)
2009-0102
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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