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Not yet recruitingNCT06432218Updated May 29, 2024

Patient Education in the Clinical Management of Pessary

An interventional study of video education and conventional education in Pelvic Organ Prolapse, sponsored by Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-29.

Sponsored by Peking Union Medical College Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
280
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 12 studies in Pelvic Organ Prolapse by Peking Union Medical College Hospital — 3 open to participants now, 3 under way, none of them phase 3. Pelvic Organ Prolapse · Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Started
2024
the only one that year
No phase
8 of 12
1 open now
Registered
12th of 12
by date

Among the 12 studies in Pelvic Organ Prolapse by Peking Union Medical College Hospital, this one is the only one that started in 2024, is one of 8 with no phase, and was the 12th registered.

Pelvic Organ Prolapse

521 studies on the registry are indexed under Pelvic Organ Prolapse; 80 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

3 of the 12 studies in Pelvic Organ Prolapse by Peking Union Medical College Hospital are open now, in 1 country. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Where they have run

Who these studies take

Of the 53 Pelvic Organ Prolapse studies recruiting now, 31 (58%) set no upper age limit and 10 (19%) stop at 75 or younger; 2 take children under 18; 14 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · female · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This study is a prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blinded, multi-center clinical trial. Symptomatic patients with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) stage II, III or IV arranged to undergo pessary treatment will be randomized into either the experimental group or the control group. All patients will receive conventional verbal/paper instruction and counseling from a specialized doctor or nurse before pessary fitting, and the experimental group will receive additional patient education in the form of a re-watchable video. The video mainly includes a short introduction of pessary treatment for pelvic organ prolapse, tips and tricks for wearing and self-management of pessary, possible adverse reactions and remedy. All patients will receive regular pessary fitting and be followed up for 1 year. Self-assessment questionnaires will be used to assess the patients' willingness to pessary treatment, anxiety status, treatment satisfaction and efficacy, and to assess the patients' self-management, complications and treatment adherence. Then the differences between the two groups will be compared.

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Conditions studied

  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse of stage II\~IV
  • Ability to participate in clinical trial and follow-up
  • The patient and family understand the study, are willing to participate in the 1-year study, and provide written

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Acute phase of infection of the internal and/or external genital tracts
  • Genital fistula
  • Suspected or untreated lower genital tract tumors
  • Abnormally elevated intra-abdominal pressure (e.g., ascites, tumors)
  • less than 1 year
  • Cognitive or language communication disorders
  • Unable to watch video (e.g., blindness)
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
280 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    the conventional education plus video education group

    Watch video as well as receive conventional guidance.

    Other: video education · Other: conventional education

  • Active comparator
    the conventional education group

    Receive conventional guidance.

    Other: conventional education

Interventions

  • Othervideo education

    A re-watchable video provided before pessary fitting which mainly includes a short introduction of pessary treatment for pelvic organ prolapse, tips and tricks for wearing and self-management of pessary, possible adverse reactions and remedy.

  • Otherconventional education

    Conventional verbal/paper instruction and counseling from a specialized doctor or nurse before pessary fitting.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Continued usage with satisfaction

    Continued usage of the pessary and have very much or much improvement in the patient impression of improvement (PGI-I) questionnaire at 1 year.

    Time frame: 12 months after pessary fitting.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Knowledge of pessary

    Self-rated score from 0 to 10 points (higher scores mean a better outcome).

    Time frame: Baseline and at pessary fitting.

  2. Willingness to treatment

    Self-rated score from 0 to 10 points (higher scores mean a better outcome).

    Time frame: Baseline, at pessary fitting, and 3 and 12 months after successful pessary fitting.

  3. Anxiety about pessary use

    7-item generalized anxiety disorder questionnaire (GAD-7) (the range of scores is 0-21, and higher scores mean a worse outcome), and self-rated score of sleep quality from 0 to 10 points (higher scores mean a better outcome).

    Time frame: Baseline and at pessary fitting.

  4. Ability to self-manage

    Self-rated score from 0 to 10 points (higher scores mean a better outcome).

    Time frame: 3 and 12 months after successful pessary fitting.

  5. Treatment-related symptoms and complications

    Self report and physical examination.

    Time frame: 3 and 12 months after successful pessary fitting.

  6. Improvement in symptoms

    Pelvic floor impact questionnaire-7 (PFIQ-7) (the range of scores is 0-300, and higher scores mean a worse outcome)

    Time frame: 3 and 12 months after successful pessary fitting.

  7. Improvement in quality of life

    Pelvic floor distress inventory-20 (PFDI-20) (the range of scores is 0-300, and higher scores mean a worse outcome)

    Time frame: 3 and 12 months after successful pessary fitting.

  8. Improvement in sexual activity

    The pelvic organ prolapse/urinary incontinence sexual questionnaire short form (PISQ-12) (the range of scores is 0-48, and higher scores mean a worse outcome)

    Time frame: 3 and 12 months after successful pessary fitting.

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Study locations

1 site
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Jun 2024; primary completion for Nov 2026, 29 months later.

Of 162 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Pelvic Organ Prolapse, half reached primary completion within 22 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 43. This study's planned 29 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 179 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 48.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 10, 2024
First posted
May 29, 2024
StartEst.
Jun 2024
Primary completionEst.
Nov 2026
CompletionEst.
Nov 2026
Last update
May 29, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 29, 2024, 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
NCT06432218
Collaborators
Peking University People's Hospital, Shandong University, Tongji Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Changsha Hospital for Maternal and Child Health Care, Hangzhou Women's Hospital, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Foshan Women's and Children's Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 29, 2024
Start date
Jun 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Nov 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 2026 (estimated)
Last update
May 29, 2024

Study contacts

Ying Zhou, MD
Contact
shellypumch@163.com
+8613681253992
Lan Zhu, MD
principal investigator · Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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