Misoprostol Prior to Office Hysteroscopy in Patients With no Risk Factors for Experiencing Unacceptable Pain

NCT ID: NCT02318225

Last Updated: 2015-09-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2015-10-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to assess whether vaginal misoprostol reduces pain during office hysteroscopy in parous patients with no risk factors for experiencing severe or unacceptable pain.

Detailed Description

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Cervical ripening with misoprostol to minimize the pain experienced during office hysteroscopy has been proposed by several authors.

The use of misoprostol is usually associated with undesired side effects and therefore any beneficial effect of misoprostol on reducing pain should be weighed against its undesired side effects (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, shivering, pain) and coasts. Till now , no studies have yet determined whether misoprostol should be used routinely or for the subgroup of patients at higher risk for cervical stenosis.

The aim of this study is to assess whether vaginal misoprostol reduces pain during office hysteroscopy in parous patients with no risk factors for experiencing severe or unacceptable pain.

Conditions

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Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Misoprostol

Misoprostol (400µg) is administered vaginally 12 hours before office hysteroscopy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Misoprostol

Intervention Type DRUG

Misoprostol (400µg) will be administered vaginally 12 hours before office hysteroscopy. A rigid 2.9 mm hysteroscope with 30° forward oblique lens will be used in the procedure. The uterine cavity will be distended by warm saline at a pressure between 60-80 mmHg. All the procedures will be performed during the proliferative phase using the vaginoscopic approach as described by Betocchi and Selvaggi in 1997 . All the procedures will be diagnostic.

Pain intensity will be assessed by visual analogue scale during the examination and 30 minutes after the procedure. A visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 10 will be used (zero indicates no pain and 10 indicates the worst possible experienced pain).

Placebo

Placebo is administered vaginally 12 hours before office hysteroscopy

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo will be administered vaginally 12 hours before office hysteroscopy. A rigid 2.9 mm hysteroscope with 30° forward oblique lens will be used in the procedure. The uterine cavity will be distended by warm saline at a pressure between 60-80 mmHg. All the procedures will be performed during the proliferative phase using the vaginoscopic approach as described by Betocchi and Selvaggi in 1997 . All the procedures will be diagnostic.

Pain intensity will be assessed by visual analogue scale during the examination and 30 minutes after the procedure. A visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 10 will be used (zero indicates no pain and 10 indicates the worst possible experienced pain).

Interventions

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Misoprostol

Misoprostol (400µg) will be administered vaginally 12 hours before office hysteroscopy. A rigid 2.9 mm hysteroscope with 30° forward oblique lens will be used in the procedure. The uterine cavity will be distended by warm saline at a pressure between 60-80 mmHg. All the procedures will be performed during the proliferative phase using the vaginoscopic approach as described by Betocchi and Selvaggi in 1997 . All the procedures will be diagnostic.

Pain intensity will be assessed by visual analogue scale during the examination and 30 minutes after the procedure. A visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 10 will be used (zero indicates no pain and 10 indicates the worst possible experienced pain).

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo will be administered vaginally 12 hours before office hysteroscopy. A rigid 2.9 mm hysteroscope with 30° forward oblique lens will be used in the procedure. The uterine cavity will be distended by warm saline at a pressure between 60-80 mmHg. All the procedures will be performed during the proliferative phase using the vaginoscopic approach as described by Betocchi and Selvaggi in 1997 . All the procedures will be diagnostic.

Pain intensity will be assessed by visual analogue scale during the examination and 30 minutes after the procedure. A visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 10 will be used (zero indicates no pain and 10 indicates the worst possible experienced pain).

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with at least one vaginal delivery who have an indication for office hysteroscopy.

Exclusion Criteria

* Nulliparous patients, menopausal patients and patients with cervical pathology, and previous history of caesarean section or cervical surgery
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Usama M Fouda

M.D, PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Usama M Fouda, M.D,PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Cairo University

Locations

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Obstetrics and Gynecology Department,Cairo university

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Egypt

Central Contacts

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Usama M Fouda, M.D,PhD

Role: CONTACT

01095401375 ext. +2

Facility Contacts

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Usama M Fouda, M.D,PhD

Role: primary

01095401375 ext. +2

References

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Cicinelli E, Rossi AC, Marinaccio M, Matteo M, Saliani N, Tinelli R. Predictive factors for pain experienced at office fluid minihysteroscopy. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2007 Jul-Aug;14(4):485-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.03.008.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17630168 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Miso/Placebo/hystero1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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