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Treatment With Punction and Radiofrequency of Active Trigger Points in Patients With Pelvic Chronic Pain and History of Endometriosis

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What is being tested

Radiofrequency A

+ Radiofrequency B

Device
Who is being recruted

Urogenital Diseases+8

+ Genital Diseases

+ Endometriosis

From 18 to 45 Years
+5 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Placebo-Controlled
Interventional
Study Start: February 2019
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Summary

Principal SponsorHospital Clinic of Barcelona
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: February 21, 2019

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Patients with pelvic chronic pain and a past history of endometriosis without imaging evidence of endometriosis in the present will be enrolled in this study. The main objective of this study is to evaluate improvement of pelvic pain these patients. Moreover, quality of life and sexual function will be also assessed. Patients who are enrolled will come once a week per eight weeks to the hospital to have 30 minutes treatment with radiofrequency. They will be randomised in two groups, one receiving the radiofrequency and the other not (the device will be not give the energy). At the enrollement visit, the SF-36, VAS score, anxiety and depression tests and sexual function tests will be answered the patients. At the end of the treatment, and one month after the end, they will answer the same questionnaires.

Official TitleTreatment With Punction and Radiofrequency of Active Trigger Points in Patients With Pelvic Chronic Pain and History of Endometriosis
NCT04012034
Principal SponsorHospital Clinic of Barcelona
Last updated: January 28, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

26 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 45 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Urogenital DiseasesGenital DiseasesEndometriosisFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsGenital Diseases, FemaleNeurologic ManifestationsPainSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsFemale Urogenital DiseasesChronic Pain

Criteria

2 inclusion criteria required to participate
Chronic pelvic pain
Past surgery for endometriosis
3 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Active endometriosis, diagnosed by imaging techniques
Presence of other diseases that can cause chronic pelvic pain
Contraindication for the radiofrequency use: pregnancy, metallic prothesis

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

50% chance of being blinded to the placebo group

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Treatment with radiofrequency

Group II

Placebo
Treatment with radiofrequency without energy

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 2 locations

Suspended

Hospital Clinic

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Hospital Clinic

Barcelona, Spain
Suspended2 Study Centers
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