NCT06994091Not yet recruiting
Imaging Comparison for the Preoperative Planning and Diagnosis of DIE: a Multicenter Retrospective Study.
The Added Value of (Standard) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Compared to Transvaginal Ultrasound for the Preoperative Planning and Diagnosis of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis: a Multicenter Retrospective Study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 May 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Several centers in Belgium use both transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the preoperative diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), while other centers rely almost exclusively on TVS. From the perspective of both the patient and the endometriosis care team, it is not primarily important that every individual lesion is mapped perfectly preoperatively, but rather that all lesions impacting clinical management and surgical planning are accurately detected. This is particularly crucial when a multidisciplinary approach is required, involving a urologist for bladder lesions and/or an abdominal surgeon for invasive rectosigmoid lesions. Moreover, providing the patient with thorough preoperative counseling is essential, and this is, of course, determined by the preoperative findings and the type of planned surgical procedure. In this study, we first assess the diagnostic performance of TVS in the preoperative diagnosis of DIE. As a secondary objective, we evaluate the added value of MRI compared to TVS for preoperative surgical planning in patients who also underwent an MRI examination.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 20 May 2025
- Start date
- Jun 2025
- Primary completion date
- Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
- Diseases
- Endometriosis
- NCT number
- NCT06994091
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 200
- From Jun 2025 to the primary completion date, Aug 2025
- 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
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Prior treatment
- Performance of surgery by a surgeon without specific experience in the field.
- Lack of a surgical report that correctly describes all DIE lesions.
Other
- Performing imaging, TVS with or without additional MR, by an operator without specific experience in the field.
- Lack of a TVS report diagnosing DIE.
- Preoperative diagnosis of only superficial endometriosis and/or endometriomas without DIE.
Who the study is looking for
- All patients who underwent preoperative imaging at AZ Sint-Jan AV and Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL) between October 2021 and December 2024, TVS with or without complementary MR followed by therapeutic surgery as part of DIE.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Genk | Belgium | Unknown status |
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