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The Extended Operations And Pelvic Muscle Training In The Management Of Apical Support Loss Study

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01166373

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Official title

Long-Term Effectiveness Of Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation vs Uterosacral Ligament Suspension With and Without Perioperative Behavioral Therapy/Pelvic Muscle Training: Extended Operations & Pelvic Muscle Training Of Apical Support Loss Study

Brief summary

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Women will be invited to participate in E-OPTIMAL at their last clinical follow-up visit for OPTIMAL (at 24 months post surgery). E-OPTIMAL is an extension of the ongoing OPTIMAL study and no new study treatment interventions will be given. Rather an enrollment intervention will be investigated with potential E-OPTIMAL participants randomly assigned to watch a standardized video prior to consent or undergo the standard informed consent process. The standardized video will review the rationale for women's health research, the importance of long-term follow-up and a detailed invitation to participate in E-OPTIMAL. The video has undergone review by potential subjects, coordinators and physician researchers to ensure that the relevance and importance of issues potentially impacting on long-term participation in studies such as E-OPTIMAL are covered. Participation in E-OPTIMAL will occur up to three additional years. Women will be strongly encouraged to participate in annual examinations and annual telephone surveys but may participate in only one of these study parts if needed. We propose to test the following null hypotheses: 1. There will be no difference in time to surgical failure between uterosacral vaginal vault ligament suspension (ULS) and sacrospinous ligament fixation (SSLF) up to 5 years after surgery. 2. The addition of a standardized video detailing the importance of long-term follow-up studies for POP to the informed consent process will not improve enrollment or retention in E-OPTIMAL.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01166373
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
285 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Behavioral · Procedure · Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Mar 31, 2010
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2016
Completion
Jun 30, 2016
Last update posted
Sep 27, 2020

2010 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
7
U.S. states
7
U.S. cities
7
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama Birmingham Alabama 35249
University of California, San Diego Medical Center La Jolla California 92037
Loyola University Medical Center Maywood Illinois 60153
Duke University Durham North Carolina 27710
Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Ohio 44195
University of Texas Southwestern Dallas Texas 75390
University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah 84132

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