Low-level Laser Therapy in Pain and Perineal Healing in the Immediate Postpartum Period: a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Starting soon · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Pain, Perineal Healing
In brief
This randomized clinical trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy compared with sham treatment on pain intensity and perineal wound healing quality in the immediate postpartum period. The study seeks to determine whether low-level laser therapy can reduce perineal pain and improve healing outcomes in women with perineal trauma after vaginal birth.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07480083
- Run by
- Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira
- People needed
- 206
- Starts
- 2026-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2026-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-18
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Postpartum women/multiparous women aged 18 years or older;
- Postpartum women/multiparous women in the immediate postpartum period after vaginal birth;
- Postpartum women/multiparous women with spontaneous perineal laceration (Grade II, III, or IV);
- Postpartum women/multiparous women with an average pain score of at least 3 on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS);
- Labor duration up to 18 hours.
You may not qualify if…
- Postpartum women/multiparous women classified as high-risk during pregnancy due to a diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus; type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus; chronic or pregnancy-specific hypertension; smoking; alcohol use; use of psychoactive substances, among others;
- Postpartum women/multiparous women who present postpartum complications (such as hemorrhage, difficulty in verbal communication, or sepsis);
- Postpartum women/multiparous women who develop clinical or hemodynamic complications after childbirth;
- Postpartum women/multiparous women whose newborns died or were admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU);
- Women with communication difficulties (impaired understanding or mental disorders).
Where it is running
- Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira - IMIP — Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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