Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and Exercise for Women With Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain

Sponsor
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Study ID
NCT07733583
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
18 Years - 45 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy — BEHAVIORAL
    Specialized pelvic floor physical therapy administered over 12 weeks, including individualized assessment and evidence-based treatment targeting pelvic floor dysfunction associated with endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain. Treatment may include manual therapy, pelvic floor muscle training, therapeutic exercises, education, and other physiotherapy techniques according to participants' clinical findings.
  • Placebo Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy — BEHAVIORAL
    Placebo pelvic floor physical therapy administered over 12 weeks using procedures designed to maintain participant blinding without providing specific therapeutic effects. Participants will receive the same number and duration of sessions as the experimental group.
  • Physical Exercise — BEHAVIORAL
    A structured progressive physical exercise program administered over 12 weeks, consisting of six progressive phases and provided equally to participants in both study arms.

Study Details

Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological condition that can cause persistent pelvic pain, painful menstruation, painful sexual intercourse, and reduced quality of life. This study will evaluate whether specialized pelvic floor physical therapy combined with a structured physical exercise program is more effective than a placebo intervention combined with the same exercise program in reducing chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups and followed for 12 weeks.

Key Dates

First listed
Jul 29, 2026
Start date
Mar 5, 2026
Status verified
Jul 2026
Primary completion
Sep 14, 2027
Completion
Sep 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
64 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Plus Physical Exercise
    Participants assigned to this arm will receive specialized pelvic floor physical therapy combined with a structured progressive physical exercise program for 12 weeks.
  • Placebo Comparator: Placebo Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Plus Physical Exercise
    Participants assigned to this arm will receive a placebo pelvic floor physical therapy intervention combined with the same structured progressive physical exercise program for 12 weeks.

Primary Outcome Measure

Chronic Pelvic Pain Intensity [ Time Frame: Baseline; after 8 treatment sessions (approximately 8 weeks); after completion of the 12-session intervention (approximately 12 weeks). ]

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