RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT04880239

REDUCE Trial- Reducing Prolapse Recurrence

REDUCE Trial - Reducing Prolapse Recurrence by Reducing the Genital Hiatus


Sponsor

Northwestern University

Enrollment

200 participants

Start Date

Nov 23, 2021

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

This study will examine whether surgeons should add a prophylactic posterior colpoperineorrhaphy to a mesh-augmented apical prolapse repair.


Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria4

  • Women over the age of 18
  • English or Spanish speaking
  • Symptomatic prolapse (stage II or greater) undergoing minimally-invasive sacrocolpopexy with Restorelle ultra lightweight mesh
  • Preoperative genital hiatus with valsalva/strain greater than or equal to 4cm

Exclusion Criteria6

  • Patient has had prior prolapse surgery
  • Patient has inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's, Ulcerative Colitis)
  • Baseline dyspareunia (patient reports that they have pain with vaginal intercourse when asked as a yes/no)
  • Patients with a score of 7 or greater in any one muscle on the Meister Pelvic Floor Exam
  • Patient planning a concomitant Burch procedure
  • Pregnant

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Interventions

PROCEDUREPosterior colpoperineorrhaphy

Patients having a sacralcolpopexy will be randomized to ultra lightweight mesh (Coloplast Restorelle) with posterior colpoperineorrhaphy or the same procedure without the posterior colpoperineorrhaphy


Locations(1)

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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