NCT07590895Recruiting
Effect of FODMAP Diet on Pain, Quality of Life, and Sexual Function in Women With Pelvic Endometriosis and Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Effect of FODMAP Diet on Pain, Quality of Life, and Sexual Function in Women With Pelvic Endometriosis and Gastrointestinal Symptoms: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The main objective of the study is to assess whether a dietary regimen based on the principles of the FODMAP diet, compared with the current treatment programme which does not include specific dietary recommendations, can improve pain symptoms in patients with symptomatic endometriosis and intestinal symptoms (i.e. bloating, nausea, constipation, diarrhoea and vomiting) attributable to irritable bowel syndrome, compared with a control group
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 150 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 10 May 2024
- Start date
- 1 Mar 2024
- Primary completion date
- 15 Nov 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
- Diseases
- Endometriosis
- NCT number
- NCT07590895
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 150
- From 1 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 15 Nov 2026
- 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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Other illness
- Associated conditions that may cause pelvic pain independent of the presence of endometriosis (e.g., pelvic varices and salpingitis outcomes)
- chronic inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease or ulcerative rectocolitis).
- women with metabolic diseases that require specific dietary indications such as in the case of diabetes and celiac disease.
Other
- patients with obstructive uropathy, subocclusive intestinal stenosis
- complex adnexal masses or typical endometriomas greater than 5 cm in diameter.
- women who are obese (BMI ≥ 30) or underweight (BMI \< 18)
- women on vegetarian-vegan dietary regimens,
Who the study is looking for
- Age between 18 and 45 years
- BMI between 18.5 and 24.9,
- Surgical, clinical or instrumental diagnosis of endometriosis
- Presence of bowel symptoms (i.e., bloating, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, and vomiting) referable to irritable bowel syndrome, on estro-progestin or progestin treatment or in the absence of hormonal treatment
Age in the registry: 18 years to 45 years · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
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