Rectocele Repair with or Without Internal Sphincter Botulinum Toxin Injection: a Prospective Randomized Trial

NCT06804993 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-02-03

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Summary

This is a single-centre, prospective randomized controlled trial on female patients with anterior rectocele associated with obstructed defecation syndrome

Conditions

  • Obstructed Defaecation Syndrome
  • Anterior Rectocele

Interventions

DRUG

Transvaginal repair & botulinum toxin type A injection

100 units of lyophilized botulinum toxin type A were diluted in saline to 50 U/mL before the injections. A total of 30 units of type-A botulinum toxin was injected with a 22-G needle evenly divided in 3 sites, 2 on either side of the internal anal sphincter (3 and 9 O'clock) and the third anteriorly (at 12 O'clock)

PROCEDURE

Transvaginal repair & distilled water injection

A total of 30 units of distilled water was injected with a 22-G needle evenly divided into 3 sites, 2 on either side of the internal anal sphincter (3 and 9 O'clock) and the third anteriorly (at 12 O'clock)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mansoura University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-31
Primary Completion
2023-09-30
Completion
2025-03-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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