Endometriosis Pelvic Pain Interdisciplinary Cohort Data Registry (EPPIC)

July 31, 2023 updated by: Paul Yong, BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre

Endometriosis Pelvic Pain Interdisciplinary Cohort (EPPIC) Data Registry

The purpose of this data registry is to prospectively collect data from patients referred to an interdisciplinary clinic for pelvic pain and endometriosis to investigate long-term patient outcomes, prognosis, predictors, causes, and treatment of pelvic pain and endometriosis.

Study Overview

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The BC Women's Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis is the tertiary referral centre for endometriosis/pelvic pain in British Columbia, Canada. The Centre offers a unique interdisciplinary approach including minimally invasive surgery, hormonal and other medical therapy, pain education, physiotherapy, and CBT/mindfulness.

After informed consent, patients prospectively consent to data collection in the online registry. The registry consists of patient intake questionnaires (including validated measures), physical and ultrasound examination, review of medical records, surgical findings, and annual outcomes to 5 years.

The online data registry is housed in the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) platform located at BC Children's Hospital.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

5000

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • British Columbia
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1
        • BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients at the BC Women's Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis seen for chronic pelvic pain and/ or endometriosis

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All new and re-referred patients at the BC Women's Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients at the BC Women's Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis seen for reasons other than chronic pelvic pain and/ or endometriosis as well as patients who decline to complete the online questionnaire.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Cohort
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Patient-reported severity of chronic pelvic pain
Time Frame: 3 months
Measured on a scale of 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre

Collaborators

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
UBC Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Paul Yong, MD PhD FRCSC, BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 31, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 20, 2016

First Posted (Estimated)

September 22, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 2, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 31, 2023

Last Verified

July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • H16-00264

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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