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Endometrioma Sclerotherapy and Ovarian Preservation

Endometrioma Sclerotherapy and Ovarian Preservation: a Randomised Control Trial of Laparoscopic Sclerotherapy vs Traditional Excision of Endometrioma

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Nov 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

A randomised controlled trial assessing ovarian reserve after laparoscopic ethanol sclerotherapy of ovarian endometrioma compared to standard treatment of surgical excision of endometrioma. Secondary outcomes will include endometrioma recurrence, symptomatology and inflammatory environment.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
First submitted
12 Dec 2024
Start date
21 Feb 2025
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2027
Lead sponsor
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
NCT number
NCT06775769

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 60
  • From 21 Feb 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Suspicion of malignancy

Other

  • Postmenopausal status
  • Unable to undergo TVUSS
  • Declines to take part in the study
  • Unable to understand verbal or written information in English
  • Lack of capacity to consent at the point of recruitment
  • Known safeguarding issues

Who the study is looking for

  • Female (XX genotype, assigned female at birth)
  • Age 18-40
  • Finding of suspected uni- or bi-lateral ovarian endometrioma(ta) of ≥ 2cm on TVUSS and/or pelvic MRI scan (TVUSS, a uni- or multi-locular ovarian cystic lesion with low level echoes and diffuse homogeneous ground glass appearance; MRI any of, ovarian lesion hyperintense T1 without loss of signal on T1 fat-suppressed images, hypointense T2 exhibiting shading sign and/or T2 dark spot sign, variable restricted diffusion on DWI)
  • Appropriate to be listed for laparoscopic excision of endometrioma (Endometrioma ≥2cm, pain symptoms attributable to endometriosis where medical management is unsuccessful or unacceptable to the patient, to facilitate ART)

Age in the registry: 18 years to 45 years · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
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LondonUnited KingdomRecruiting

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