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NCT Number: NCT01987440

Effect of Lubricating Gel for Pain Relief During Speculum Examination in Gynecologic Oncology Patients

Pelvic examination, an important part of gynecologic oncology patients to help detect cancers recurrence or infections.Despite its importance, many women are reluctant and anxious about the procedure because of fear, as well as discomfort and pain. The objective of this study is to estimate whether using lubricating gel decreases patient pain during speculum insertion compared with using water in gynecologic oncology patients

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Key information

Conditions

Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Tepecik Education and REserch Hospital

Izmir, Tepecik, 35600, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

*Female patients WHO came for surveillance for malignant gynecologic disease such as uterine cancer, cervix cancer, and ovarian cancer with or without radiotherapy and chemotherapy

Exclusion criteria

  • Women were undergoing Vulvectomy or Vaginectomy
  • Women with narrow vagina for standard medium size of speculum for examination
  • Women who underwent fertility sparing surgery.
  • Women had vaginitis

Treatment and study plan

lubricating gel

Drug

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual Analog Scale

    Time frame: During Speculum Examination Dilatation stage

    During Speculum Examination Dilatation stage

Secondary outcomes

  1. visual analog scale insertion stage

    Time frame: uring Speculum Examination insertion stage

    During Speculum Examination insertion stage

Other outcomes

  1. VAS score extraction

    Time frame: Durig extraction the speculum

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Erzincan Military Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Nov 19, 2013
Registry last updated
Jun 13, 2014

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