NCT02744807

Role of Chronic Endometritis in Postoperative Recurrence of Severe Intrauterine Adhesions

Prevalence of Chronic Endometritis in Severe Intrauterine Adhesions and Role of Chronic Endometritis in Postoperative Recurrence of Severe Intrauterine

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 125 (actual)
• Sponsor: First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is to evaluate the prevalence of chronic endometritis (CE) in women with severe intrauterine adhesions and compare recurrence of adhesion in women with and without CE.

Detailed description

Chronic endometritis (CE) is a persistent in endometrium that is characterized by the presence of plasma cells. Recently, there has been increasing interest in the role of CE in recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). One of the most common uterine abnormalities for RPL is Intrauterine adhesion (IUA).Intrauterine adhesion, also known as Asherman's syndrome, is the partial or complete occlusion of the uterine cavity as a result of endometrium damage. Most intrauterine adhesions patients manifest amenorrhea, reduced menstrual pattern, infertility, and intrauterine growth restriction, which seriously affect their reproductive health.It is well established that the formation of IUA likely involves hypoxia, reduced neovascularization, and altered expression of adhesion-associated cytokines, but the exact mechanisms are not well understood. Although excessive curettage is considered the primary cause, intrauterine adhesion is known to be associated with diverse non-traumatic factors, such as postabortal sepsis, puerperal sepsis and infections. It is therefore possible to hypothesize that Intrauterine adhesion may be related to chronic endometritis. To the best of researchers knowledge,there have been no reports investigating this relationship. The aim of this study was to clarify the hypothesis by evaluating the prevalence of chronic endometritis (CE) in women with severe intrauterine adhesions and compare recurrence of adhesion in women with and without chronic endometritis (CE).

Conditions

• Intrauterine Adhesions
• Chronic Endometritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Chronic endometritis	with or without Chronic endometritis

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2016-02-01
• First posted: 2016-04-20
• Last updated: 2016-04-20