Host Response to Pessaries in Microbial Communities of the Postmenopausal Vagina

Completed

Conditions studied: Stress Urinary Incontinence, Prolapse

In brief

The ability to determine the postmenopausal vaginal environment and the impact of pessary use could help to maximize pessary therapy and non-surgical treatment for such a prevalent problem.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02605135

Run by

Loyola University

People needed

84

Starts

2016-04-01

Expected to finish

2018-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-22

Who can join

Age: 51 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• must be English speaking
• appropriate for pessary treatment
• pelvic floor conditions such as POP (with or without the presence of a uterus), stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, or any combination of the above.

You may not qualify if…

• a history of current, symptomatic vaginal stricture
• a history of current, radiation therapy,
• or current treatment with auto-immune suppression agents.
• if they have eroded mesh in the vagina from prior pelvic floor surgery

Where it is running

• Loyola University Medical Center — Maywood, Illinois, United States

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