Postoperative Desogestrel for Endometriosis Related Pain

Summary

Endometriosis is one of the most common disease in reproductive aged women.Surgical intervention has a significant symptoms relief. However, symptom recurrence is often after surgery. This study aims to determine the efficacy of Desogestrel compared with placebo in pain symptom of symptomatic endometriosis patient undergo conservative surgery . The primary outcome measurement is pain score at 6 months after surgery.

Timeline

Start

2012-01

Primary completion

2014-10

Completion

2014-10

Publications

• Chen I, Kives S, Zakhari A, Nguyen DB, Goldberg HR, Choudhry AJ, Le AL, Kowalczewski E, Schroll JB. Progestagens for pain symptoms associated with endometriosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Oct 9;10(10):CD002122. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002122.pub3.

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