MedTrace Logo

Radiofrequency Technic's Impact on Perineal Postpartum Pain

NCT03172286 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2017-06-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A study in the postpartum period reveals that among women who delivered vaginally and having perineal lesions, between 95 and 100% of them suffer from perineal pain (episiotomy, tears from 1st to 4th degree) to 24 hours of vaginal delivery; and between 60 and 91% 7 days after delivery.

Severe pain that is not taken into account can become chronic pain. It has physical and psychological consequences. It is therefore essential to prevent these risks in young mothers.

The main objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of radiofrequency treatment on perineal pain postpartum, after a vaginal delivery, instrumented or not, in patients with perineal lesions.

A double-blind randomized prospective single-center study will be conducted on patients delivering at Marseille's north hospital.

Women who gave birth to the North hospital site, with perineal lesions (tears, episiotomy) will be invited to enroll in the study.

Patients will be then randomized into two groups, one with radiofrequency treatment, the other without treatment with radiofrequency.

The duration of inclusion is provided over 6 months. Each topic will be followed over a period of 1 month. The total study duration is 7 months.

The expected results are a significant reduction in pain scores during the first days postpartum in women with perineal alteration caused by a vaginal delivery instrumented or not. Also an improvement in the quality of life of patients during the first days.

Conditions

  • Delivery; Injury

Interventions

DEVICE

Radiofrequencer

Patients will be treated with a radiofrenquencer switched on or off depending on the attributed group after randomization

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Urielle DESALBRES · Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-10
Primary Completion
2018-04-01
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT03172286 on ClinicalTrials.gov