NCT07827794Not yet recruiting
The Effect of Preoperative Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy (Prehabilitation) on Postoperative Pain Following Endometriosis Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition where there is abnormal tissue growing in the pelvis or other places in the body that resembles the lining of the uterus (endometrium), and is a common cause of long lasting pelvic pain. Surgery is sometimes done for endometriosis to help people with pain, however it is common for people to have some pain after surgery that doesn't go away. This may be related to other painful things like muscle pain in the pelvis, bowel or bladder issues, or mental health conditions. Researchers would like to know if doing pelvic floor physiotherapy before surgery for endometriosis will help people with long lasting pain after surgery. Participants in the study will be randomly put into one of two groups: the intervention group, who will receive two to three structured in-person pelvic floor physiotherapy sessions prior to surgery ("prehabilitation"), in addition to usual surgical care, or the control group, who will receive usual surgical care, and may still access physiotherapy outside of the study if they want to. All participants will complete questionnaires before surgery, after completing prehabilitation or immediately before surgery if they are part of the control group, approximately 6 weeks after surgery, 6 months after surgery, and 12 months after surgery. The questionnaires ask about endometriosis-related pain, quality of life, bladder and bowel symptoms, and mental well-being.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 150 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 14 Sept 2026
- Start date
- 1 Mar 2027
- Primary completion date
- 1 Mar 2030
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alberta
- Diseases
- Endometriosis
- NCT number
- NCT07827794
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 150
- From 1 Mar 2027 to the primary completion date, 1 Mar 2030
- 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
- Undergoing gynecologic surgery in the absence of pelvic pain
- Have undergone endometriosis related surgery in the past 12 months
- Prior oophorectomy
- Prior hysterectomy
Other illness
- Active malignancy
Other
- Patients undergoing laparotomy or conversion to laparotomy
- Have engaged in pelvic physiotherapy in the past 12 months
- Non-English speakers (if validated tools unavailable)
- Post-menopausal
Who the study is looking for
- Presence of chronic pelvic pain (\>6 months)
- Diagnosis of endometriosis (clinical, laparoscopic, or imaging-based diagnosis)
- Scheduled for fertility-sparing endometriosis surgery or hysterectomy with excision of endometriosis
Age in the registry: 18 years to 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alberta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Unknown status |
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