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Status unknownNCT01662934Updated Mar 15, 2013

A Randomized, Sham Device Controlled, Single Blinded Trial of Portable Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Heat Therapy Machine in Women With Dysmenorrhea

A Phase 3 interventional study of I RUNE and sham in Dysmenorrhea, sponsored by Seoul National University Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to female participants aged 20 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-03-15.

Sponsored by Seoul National University Hospital · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Mar 2013), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
118
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The hypothesis is that a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and heat therapy machine could reduce dysmenorrhea in women with primary or secondary dysmenorrhea.

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Inclusion/Exclusion: Described in Eligibility section. Outcome measures: Change of VAS score before and after use of TENS and heat therapy machine.

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Conditions studied

  • Dysmenorrhea

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Keywords

  • dysmenorrhea
  • transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
  • heat therapy
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In context

Dysmenorrhea

398 studies on the registry are indexed under Dysmenorrhea; 96 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 118 is above the median of 60 across 333 interventional studies indexed under Dysmenorrhea.

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Lead sponsor

Seoul National University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 1,860 studies on the registry; 275 are open to participants now.

Of its 12 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (17%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age>19
  • Premenopausal
  • Moderate or severe dysmenorrhea, mainly in low abdomen area

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion

  • Pregnant
  • Surgery history on lower abdomen
  • Recent history of cancer
  • TENS device use is contraindicated
  • Ibuprofen use is contraindicated
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
118 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Sham comparator
    Sham

    Using not functioning device

    Device: sham

  • Experimental
    Experimental

    Using functioning device

    Device: I RUNE

Interventions

  • DeviceI RUNE

    Also known as: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and heat therapy machine

  • Devicesham

    Also known as: sham device

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change of VAS before and after application of machine

    Measure the change% of VAS between before application of machine (T0) and 20 minutes after application of machine (T20) in every episode of dysmenorrhea during 1 menstrual cycle The mean of change% of VAS is primary outcome measure

    Time frame: Immediately before application of machine and 20minutes after application of machine

Secondary outcomes

  1. BPI score

    Brief Pain Inventory score

    Time frame: 2nd day of menstrual cycle

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Study locations

1 site
  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
    Seongnam Si, Gyenggi Do 463707, Korea, Republic of
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References and documents

Publications

  • Lee B, Hong SH, Kim K, Kang WC, No JH, Lee JR, Jee BC, Yang EJ, Cha EJ, Kim YB. Efficacy of the device combining high-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and thermotherapy for relieving primary dysmenorrhea: a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2015 Nov;194:58-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2015.08.020. Epub 2015 Aug 22. PubMed 26340453 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 15, 2013, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01662934
Lead sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 13, 2012
Start date
Aug 2012
Primary completion
Apr 2013 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 2013 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 15, 2013

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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