Review Article

How to Develop an Electronic Clinical Endometriosis Research File Integrated in Clinical Practice

Table 1

Recommendations for clinical trials in endometriosis.

Entry criteria
Surgical diagnosis of endometriosis in the last 5 years
Pain symptoms
Data capture at baseline:
  (i) ASRM staging
  (ii) baseline pain scores over at least 2 menstrual cycles
  (iii) EHP-30
  (iv) previous treatments and responses

Primary outcome measures
Daily ratings of pelvic pain
Daily ratings of dysmenorrhea
Ratings on an 11-point NRS

Secondary outcome measures
B & B with separate scores for each domain, administered weekly for 6 weeks, then monthly until 6 months, and then at 9, 12, 18, and 24 months
EHP-30 with separate and total scores, administered at the same tie points as the B & B
Use of rescue analgesia/therapies including an NRS before us and a record of the indication
Study specific adverse event questionnaires with direct questions and free text, administered at the same time points as the B & B
Detailed information as per the CONSORT guidelines, including
  (i) the recruitment process
  (ii) the number of participants who were excluded and why
  (iii) the number of candidates who chose not to enter the trial and why
  (iv) the use of prohibited concomitant mediations and other protocol deviations
  (v) the number and reasons for withdrawal from each treatment group
  (vi) the types rates and reasons for nonadherence with treatment in each group

Tertiary outcome measures
Daily NRS of three symptoms the patient feels are important for her, for example, dyspareunia, dyschezia, fatigue, and so forth

Adapted from Vincent et al., 2010 [14].
B & B = Biberoglu and Behrman.
NRS = numerical rating scale.