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Status unknownNCT02906111VSaEUpdated Sep 19, 2016

Vaginal Estriol Before and Vaginal Surgery for Prolapse

A Phase 4 interventional study of estriol and vaginal surgery in Genital Prolapse, sponsored by Salvatore Caruso. Status unknown. Open to female participants aged 56 Years to 63 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-09-19.

Sponsored by Salvatore Caruso · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2016), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
88
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
56 Years to 63 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the vaginal estriol before vaginal surgery for pelvic statics disorders is more efficacy of no estriol treatment on vaginal health and quality of life.

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The aim of this randomized study was to evaluate the efficacy of low concentration of vaginal estriol gel (0.005%, 50 micrograms/1 g vaginal gel) in women with pelvic statics disorders before vaginal surgical treatment (group A), assessing the vaginal dryness, dysuria, vaginal maturation index (VMI), pH and the Vaginal Health Index (VHI). Secondary, to investigate the changes of sexual function and QoL. Women without pre surgical estriol treatment constituted the control group (group B).

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Conditions studied

  • Genital Prolapse

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Keywords

  • Estriol
  • Prolapse
  • Quality of life
  • Vaginal health
  • Vaginal surgery
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In context

Prolapse

676 studies on the registry are indexed under Prolapse; 79 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 88 is above the median of 74 across 435 interventional studies indexed under Prolapse.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Salvatore Caruso as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
56 Years to 63 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • genital dryness,
  • irritation/burning/itching of vulvas or vagina
  • decreased lubrication with sexual activity
  • discomfort or pain with sexual activity
  • decreased arousal, orgasm, desire
  • dysuria.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • previous surgeries for pelvic organ prolapse
  • urinary incontinence
  • usage of medication
  • chronic medical illness
  • body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m2
  • endometrial thickness equal to or greater than 4 mm
  • abnormal uterine bleeding
  • hormone-dependent malignancies
  • history of thromboembolic disease
  • liver disease
  • usage of HT for less than 3 months
  • usage of phytoestrogens within 1 month before the start of the study
  • partner affected by sexual disorder
  • conflicting with the partner
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
88 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Study Group on estriol vaginal gel

    Drug: 1 g/daily of vaginal gel containing 50 μg of estriol (0.005%) for 3 weeks and then twice weekly for 9 weeks, for a complete cycle of treatment of 12 weeks

    Drug: estriol · Procedure: vaginal surgery

  • Active comparator
    Control group, no estriol treatment

    Procedure: vaginal surgery

    Procedure: vaginal surgery

Interventions

  • Drugestriol

    Study Group, treated with estriol Control Group, no drug treatment Both groups will undergo vaginal surgery for prolapse

  • Procedurevaginal surgery

    Control Group

    Also known as: vaginal surgery for prolapse

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Vaginal Health Indexes

    Time frame: vaginal gel containing 50 µg of estriol, daily, for a complete cycle of treatment of 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. QoL and sexual function were investigated by the Short Form 36 (SF-36)

    Time frame: vaginal gel containing 50 µg of estriol, daily, for a complete cycle of treatment of 12 weeks

  2. Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire short form (PISQ-12), respectively

    Time frame: vaginal gel containing 50 µg of estriol, daily, for a complete cycle of treatment of 12 weeks

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Caruso S, Cianci S, Amore FF, Ventura B, Bambili E, Spadola S, Cianci A. Quality of life and sexual function of naturally postmenopausal women on an ultralow-concentration estriol vaginal gel. Menopause. 2016 Jan;23(1):47-54. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000485. PubMed 26079974 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 19, 2016, 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
NCT02906111
Lead sponsor
Salvatore Caruso
Responsible party
Salvatore Caruso (Professor of Gynecology, Clinic of Gynecology, Policlinico Universitario, Catania) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Sep 19, 2016
Start date
Nov 2016
Primary completion
Jun 2017 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2017 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 19, 2016

Study contacts

Salvatore Caruso, Prof
Contact
scaruso@unict.it
+390953781101
Antonio Cianci, Prof
study chair · Policlinico Catania

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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