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Virtual Mindfulness and Endometriosis

NCT07501182 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 124

Last updated 2026-03-30

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Summary

Endometriosis is a common gynecologic disease affecting 5-10% of women during their reproductive years.1 Symptoms are variable but can include debilitating pelvic pain, pain with intercourse, menstrual cycles, bowel movements and urination. This can interfere with patients' ability to work, attend school or have intimate relationships leading to serious effects on quality of life and mental health.2-5 Current management of endometriosis is predominantly medical and surgical. Unfortunately, these medications can come with potent side effects that may be intolerable to some patients. They can also be prohibitively expensive for patients without prescription coverage. Mindfulness is a psychological approach to bring the mind to the present moment and to enhance self-awareness. It includes the use of emotional regulation, reduced reactivity, and enhanced response flexibility.6 Mindfulness-based psychological treatments have shown to improve both pain and quality of life in patients with chronic pelvic pain.7-9 Despite the evidence for mindfulness-based therapy there is still limited use of this in the treatment of pelvic pain. The reasons for this are multifactorial and include financial and accessibility barriers. Virtual platforms can help bridge these inequities and support marginalized patient populations in getting access to treatments for endometriosis pain. Virtual mindfulness resources have been shown to improve health and decrease stress, anxiety, and depression.10,11 There is minimal evidence about online mindfulness platforms for chronic pain and none relating to endometriosis. There is great potential to use this medium to overcome many barriers to access, but more research is needed on its effectiveness in treating endometriosis pain. The primary objective of this research study is to determine if virtual mindfulness-based therapy improves quality of life in patients with endometriosis following completion of the ten-week virtual mindfulness-based workshop.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

10-week mindfulness course

Participants will access the 10-week mindfulness course on the MyEndo App

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Unity Health Toronto

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-03-31
Primary Completion
2027-03-31
Completion
2027-12-31

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