Clinical Trial the Use of Levonorgestrel-releasing Intrauterine System Versus Etonogestrel Implant in Endometriosis

Summary

Randomized clinical trial the use of levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system. Objectives: To evaluate and compare the efficacy of- levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system l(LNG-IUS) in relation to the subdermal implant releasing etonogestrel (ENG) in the control of chronic pelvic pain and / or dysmenorrhea in women endometriosis.

Timeline

Start

2016-05

Primary completion

2017-08

Completion

2017-08

Publications

• Background Walch K, Unfried G, Huber J, Kurz C, van Trotsenburg M, Pernicka E, Wenzl R. Implanon versus medroxyprogesterone acetate: effects on pain scores in patients with symptomatic endometriosis--a pilot study. Contraception. 2009 Jan;79(1):29-34. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.017. Epub 2008 Sep 25.
• Background Yisa SB, Okenwa AA, Husemeyer RP. Treatment of pelvic endometriosis with etonogestrel subdermal implant (Implanon). J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2005 Jan;31(1):67-70. doi: 10.1783/0000000052972799.
• Background Zomer MT, Ribeiro R, Trippia CH, Cavalcanti TC, Hayashi RM, Kondo W. [Correlation between serum Ca-125 levels and surgical findings in women with symptoms evocative of endometriosis]. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2013 Jun;35(6):262-7. doi: 10.1590/s0100-72032013000600005. Portuguese.
• Background Gerlinger C, Schumacher U, Faustmann T, Colligs A, Schmitz H, Seitz C. Defining a minimal clinically important difference for endometriosis-associated pelvic pain measured on a visual analog scale: analyses of two placebo-controlled, randomized trials. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2010 Nov 24;8:138. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-138.
• Carvalho N, Margatho D, Cursino K, Benetti-Pinto CL, Bahamondes L. Control of endometriosis-associated pain with etonogestrel-releasing contraceptive implant and 52-mg levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system: randomized clinical trial. Fertil Steril. 2018 Nov;110(6):1129-1136. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.07.003.

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