Quantify the Degree of Pain Relief of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome Following Gonadal Vein Embolization

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Conditions studied: Pelvic Congestive Syndrome, Pelvic Pain

In brief

The primary objective is to quantify the degree of pain relief in patients undergoing gonadal vein embolization with coils as well as identify clinical or imaging factors that are predictive of a positive response to treatment, or poor response to treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03794466

Run by

University of Kansas Medical Center

People needed

30

Starts

2019-05-10

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female patients 18 years of age or older
• Meet the clinical and imaging criteria for the diagnosis of PCS and have no contraindications to coil embolization of the gonadal veins.
• Patients who are treated with coil embolization of the gonadal veins in the Interventional Radiology division between October 1, 2018 to October 1, 2019.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients less than 18 years of age.
• Patients who are found to have an underlying cause of pelvic congestion syndrome unrelated to venous congestion and insufficiency. This includes, but is not limited to, nutcracker syndrome, or a mass resulting in extrinsic compression of the gonadal veins.
• Patients who have received prior surgical therapy for PCS, including bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAH-BSO), gonadal vein resection, or gonadal vein ligation.

Where it is running

• The University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States (enrolling)

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