Embolization of Pelvic Varicosities in Patients With Pelvic Congestion Syndrome

St. Olavs Hospital

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Pelvic Pain; Varicose Veins

Treatments: Procedure: Embolization of pelvic vein varicosities

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03057067

2016/1881

Details and patient eligibility

About

Results of recent systematic reviews suggest favorable results of embolization for the treatment of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome (PCS) compared with pre-procedure symptoms for several outcomes, including pain reduction, overall patient satisfaction, and technical feasibility. Reported complication rates appears relatively low.

Pelvic vein embolization is a relatively new technology and the results may provide background for an evidence based decision to offer embolization of pelvic varicosities for women with PCS in Norway.

Enrollment: 3 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pelvic pain (lasting for more than 6 months)
• Symptoms of PCS - deterioration of pain when standing and improvement in supine position (with or without dyspareunia or dysmenorrhea).
• Confirmed pelvic varicosities by magnetic resonance examination.
• Signed, written and informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to communicate in Norwegian
• Known endometriosis
• Uterine myoma, uterine anomalies, or cancer
• Postmenopausal
• not having been pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3 participants in 1 patient group

pelvic vein embolization

Experimental group

Description:

female patients referred for assessment of chronic pelvic pain at the gynecological outpatient clinic or the Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic at St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Treatment:

Procedure: Embolization of pelvic vein varicosities