Conservative Care for Pelvic Pain (C2P2) in Women Service Members

Brief summary (from the registry)

This study will test the effectiveness of emerging conservative interventions for treatment of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) that can be performed without intravaginal specialization. Participants with CPP will be randomly assigned to one of three groups. The first group will receive treatment based on what they normally would receive, including medications, education, and exercise (Usual Care Group). The second group will receive contemporary non-vaginal treatment including manual therapy, dry needling, and specific breathing training (Emerging Field-expedient Care Group). The third group will receive intravaginal treatment by a pelvic health specialist (Gold-standard Intravaginal Specialist Care Group). Participants will be asked about their pain and symptoms and have measurements taken of their pelvic and back muscles after 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. In addition to seeing which treatments work best, clinical decision tools (using medical and trauma history along with clinical examination) will be developed to identify women with CPP likely to respond favorably to non-vaginal conservative interventions. This study will help determine the best non-vaginal treatment strategies for women with CPP and help clinicians quickly determine which patients are likely to benefit from treatment by non-pelvic health physical therapists (e.g., in theater), vs. patients who should be referred for pelvic health specialty care.

Study details

Official title

Conservative Care for Pelvic Pain (C2P2) in Women Service Members: A Multisite, Multigroup Non-inferiority Randomized Clinical Trial With Development of Clinical Decision Tools

Conditions

• Chronic Pelvic Pain

Interventions

• Other: Pain Neuroscience Education
• Other: Lumbopelvic and Hip Therapeutic Exercise
• Other: Extrapelvic Manual Therapy
• Other: Extrapelvic Dry Needling
• Other: Deep Paced Diaphragmatic Breathing Training
• Other: Chronic Pelvic Pain Education
• Other: Intravaginal and intrarectal pelvic floor physical therapy

Sponsor

Baylor University

Collaborators

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

Start date

2025-01

Primary completion

2028-06

Sex

Female

Age range

from 18 Years to 50 Years

Results posted

No results posted in this snapshot

Countries

United States

Total sites listed

2

Eligibility criteria